514B.17A Rescission.
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1. A health maintenance organization may rescind an enrollee’s membership in the health maintenance organization if the enrollee makes a material false statement or misrepresentation in the enrollee’s application for membership. A written notice of rescission shall be sent to the enrollee by certified mail addressed to the enrollee and sent to the enrollee’s last address known to the health maintenance organization and shall state the reason for the rescission. The enrollee may appeal the rescission to the commissioner as provided by the commissioner by rules adopted under chapter 17A.
2. An enrollee’s membership in a health maintenance organization shall not be rescinded as provided in subsection 1 more than two years after the date of the enrollee’s enrollment in the health maintenance organization.