83-9-43 - Nondiscrimination.
§ 83-9-43. Nondiscrimination.
Methods of determining levels of payment or reimbursement for services or for the type of facility charges eligible for payment or reimbursement pursuant to Sections 83-9-37 through 83-9-43 shall be consistent with those for medical illnesses in general and shall take into consideration customary charges for those services. Deductible or co-payment plans, methods of determination, and limits on total amounts payable to an individual in a calendar year or lifetime payment limits may be applied to benefits paid to or on behalf of patients during the course of treatment as described in Sections 83-9-37 through 83-9-43, but in any case shall not be less favorable than those applied to medical illnesses generally in each policy or contract, except as provided under Section 83-9-41, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Sources: Laws, 1991, ch. 570, § 5; reenacted without change by Laws, 1994, ch. 354, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1994.