Insolvency; determination of financial condition; regulations.

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1. A health maintenance organization shall be deemed to be insolvent if:

(a) The health maintenance organization fails to meet its obligations as they mature; and

(b) The assets of the health maintenance organization are less than the sum of its liabilities and the minimum surplus required to be maintained by the health maintenance organization under this Code for authority to transact business in this State.

2. In addition to the provisions of subsection 1, a health maintenance organization shall be deemed to be insolvent as otherwise expressly provided in this Code.

3. A health maintenance organization shall be deemed to be impaired if the assets of the health maintenance organization are less than the sum of its liabilities and the minimum surplus required to be maintained by the health maintenance organization under this Code for authority to transact business in this State.

4. The Commissioner may adopt regulations to define when a health maintenance organization is considered to be in a hazardous financial condition and to set forth the standards to be considered by the Commissioner in determining whether the continued operation of a health maintenance organization transacting business in this State may be considered to be hazardous to its enrollees or creditors or to the general public.

5. If the Commissioner determines after a hearing that any health maintenance organization is in a hazardous financial condition, the Commissioner may, instead of suspending or revoking the certificate of authority of the health maintenance organization, limit the certificate of authority as the Commissioner deems reasonably necessary to correct, eliminate or remedy any conduct, condition or ground that is deemed to be a cause of the hazardous financial condition.

6. An order or decision of the Commissioner under this section is subject to review in accordance with NRS 679B.310 to 679B.370, inclusive, at the request of any party to the proceedings whose interests are substantially affected.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 2392)


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