Sec. 11. (a) Before making any material modification of any matter or document furnished under section 8 of this chapter, a limited service health maintenance organization shall file with the commissioner:
(1) a notice of the modification; and
(2) supporting documents that are necessary to fully explain the modification.
(b) If a limited service health maintenance organization desires to add one (1) or more limited health services, it must:
(1) file a notice with the commissioner;
(2) submit the information required by section 8 of this chapter concerning each limited health service to be added, if that information is different from the information filed with the application of the limited service health maintenance organization; and
(3) demonstrate compliance with sections 16, 17, 18, and 23 of this chapter with respect to each limited health service to be added by the organization.
(c) If the commissioner does not disapprove a filing under subsection (a) or (b) within thirty (30) days after the commissioner receives the filing, or within any period of extension granted by the commissioner, the filing shall be deemed approved.
(d) If a filing under subsection (a) or (b) is disapproved, the commissioner shall:
(1) notify the limited service health maintenance organization of the disapproval of the filing in writing deposited in the United States mail addressed to the limited service health maintenance organization; and
(2) specify the reasons for disapproval of the filing in the notice.
(e) Within thirty (30) days after it receives a notice of disapproval under subsection (d), the limited service health maintenance organization may request a hearing before the commissioner under IC 4-21.5 concerning the disapproval of the filing. If, not more than thirty (30) days after receiving the notice from the commissioner, the limited service health maintenance organization requests a hearing, the commissioner shall hold a hearing upon not less than ten (10) days notice to the limited service health maintenance organization.
As added by P.L.26-1994, SEC.25.