Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 2 - Division of Insurance
Chapter 28 - Life, Health, Variable, and Related Insurance
Article 5 - Health Insurance Marketed as Medicare Supplements
3 AAC 28.440 - Policy provisions

Universal Citation: 3 AK Admin Code 28.440

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) Except for permitted preexisting condition clauses described in 3 AAC 28.450, 3 AAC 28.453, and 3 AAC 28.454, a policy or certificate may not be advertised, solicited, or issued for delivery in this state as a medicare supplement policy if that policy or certificate contains limitations or exclusions on coverage that are more restrictive than those of medicare.

(b) A medicare supplement policy or certificate in force in this state may not contain benefits that duplicate benefits provided by medicare.

(c) A medicare supplement policy or certificate may not exclude, limit, or reduce coverage or benefits for specifically named or described preexisting diseases or physical conditions.

(d) Reserved.

(e) A medicare supplement policy or certificate may not contain the terms "Medicare Supplement," or "Medigap," or words of similar import, unless the policy or certificate is issued in compliance with 3 AAC 28.410 - 3 AAC 28.510.

(f) Subject to 3 AAC 28.450(a) (6) and (7), (d), (f), and (i), and 3 AAC 453(b)(4) and (5), an issuer shall renew, at the option of the policyholder, a medicare supplement policy that includes benefits for outpatient prescription drugs and that was issued before January 1, 2006, if the policyholder does not enroll in medicare Part D.

(g) After December 31, 2005, an issuer may not issue a medicare supplement policy that includes benefits for outpatient prescription drugs.

(h) After December 31, 2005, an issuer may not renew a medicare supplement policy that includes benefits for outpatient prescription drugs if the policyholder enrolls in medicare Part D unless the

(1) policy is modified to remove coverage for outpatient prescription drug expenses incurred by the policyholder after the effective date of policyholder's coverage under medicare Part D; and

(2) premium for the modified policy is adjusted to reflect the removal of the outpatient prescription drug coverage.

In 2010 the revisor of statutes, acting under AS 01.05.031, renumbered former AS 21.89.060 as AS 21.96.060. As of Register 196 (January 2011), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 3 AAC 28.440, so that the citation to former AS 21.89.060 now refers to the renumbered statute, AS 21.96.060.

Authority:AS 21.06.090

AS 21.42.130

AS 21.96.060

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