17:48-7. Health care facilities eligible for contracts; approval of rates of payment
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Any hospital service corporation may enter into contracts with health care facilities for the rendering of health care services to any of its subscribers only with licensed health care facilities.
Rates of payment by such hospital service corporation shall be approved as to reasonableness by the Hospital Rate Setting Commission pursuant to section 18 of the Health Care Facilities Planning Act (P.L.1971, c. 136). The maximum rate of payment to eligible hospitals and institutions not under contract with such hospital service corporation shall not exceed the particular hospital's or institution's regular charges to the general public for the same services and shall be set forth in the certificate issued by such hospital service corporation to any subscriber.
The basis and extent of payment, if any, by such hospital service corporation under agreement with nonprofit hospital service plans of other states shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Insurance.
L.1938, c. 366, p. 928, s. 7. Amended by L.1954, c. 257, p. 932, s. 2; L.1971, c. 136, s. 26, approved May 10, 1971; L.1978, c. 83, s. 12, eff. July 20, 1978.