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MT Code § 2-18-719 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 7. Group Insurance Generally|2-18-719. Independent dispute resolution procedure -- exemptions

  2-18-719. Independent dispute resolution procedure -- exemptions. (1) To initiate a dispute resolution procedure under 2-18-715 through 2-18-720, the parties shall file a written notice of dispute with the insurance commissioner.   (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), within 30 days after the date of receipt of the notice of dispute, and if no independent reviewer is mutually agreed to by the insurer or health plan and air ambulance service under subsection (3), the insurance commissioner shall appoint an independent reviewer having the qualifications listed in 2-18-720. The insurance commissioner shall select an independent reviewer randomly from a list established under 2-18-720.   (3) The insurer or health plan and air ambulance provider may by mutual agreement select an independent reviewer. The parties shall notify the insurance commissioner of the mutually agreed independent reviewer prior to the appointment of an independent reviewer under subsection (2).   (4) An independent reviewer's sole substantive determination under this part is the fair market price of the services that are the subject of the claim.   (5) The independent reviewer may make procedural rulings necessary to regulate the proceedings.   (6) The factors to be used in the independent reviewer's determination are:   (a) the training, qualifications, and composition of the air ambulance service personnel;   (b) the fees for rotor wing or fixed wing services originating or provided entirely within the state of Montana that are:   (i) usually charged by the air ambulance service in Montana;   (ii) usually accepted as payment in full by the air ambulance service in Montana;   (iii) usually charged by other air ambulance services doing business in Montana;   (iv) usually accepted as payment in full by other air ambulance services doing business in Montana; and   (v) usually paid by the insurer or health plan for the service provided in Montana;   (c) whether the air ambulance service was provided in a rural or urban context;   (d) the applicable medicare rate of payment for the services that are the subject of the claim; and   (e) any other factors the independent reviewer determines to be relevant in determining fair market price in accordance with established precedent.   (7) Participation in a dispute resolution procedure under 2-18-718 through 2-18-720 exempts an insurer from 33-18-201(6) and (8) and 33-18-232(2).   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 231, L. 2017.
MT Code § 2-18-720 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 7. Group Insurance Generally|2-18-720. Insurance commissioner duties -- independent reviewer qualifications

  2-18-720. Insurance commissioner duties -- independent reviewer qualifications. (1) The insurance commissioner shall:   (a) approve any independent reviewer that is eligible to adjudicate disputes under 2-18-715 through 2-18-720;   (b) maintain a list of independent reviewers eligible to adjudicate disputes under 2-18-715 through 2-18-720;   (c) terminate approval of an independent reviewer and remove the independent reviewer from the list of approved independent reviewers upon determining that an independent reviewer no longer meets the requirements to adjudicate disputes; and   (d) adopt rules necessary to implement 2-18-715 through 2-18-720, including rules regarding discovery and other procedures regarding the dispute resolution process and eligibility of an independent reviewer.   (2) An individual is eligible to be an independent reviewer under 2-18-715 through 2-18-720 if the individual is knowledgeable and experienced in applicable principles of contract and insurance law.   (3) In approving an individual as an independent reviewer, the insurance commissioner shall ensure that the individual does not have a conflict of interest that would adversely impact the individual's independence and impartiality in rendering a decision in an independent dispute resolution procedure under 2-18-718 and 2-18-719. A conflict of interest includes but is not limited to an ownership or direct familial interest in an insurer, a health care provider, or an air ambulance service that may be involved in an independent dispute resolution procedure under 2-18-718 and 2-18-719.   (4) In approving an individual as an independent reviewer, the insurance commissioner may not approve an individual who is currently serving in any matter as a hearing officer for the commissioner.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 231, L. 2017.
MT Code § 2-18-801 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-801. Repealed

  2-18-801. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 555, L. 1979.   History: (1)En. by Code Commissioner, 1979; (2), (3)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 438, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 347, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 59-1501.
MT Code § 2-18-802 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-802. Repealed

  2-18-802. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 555, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 438, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 59-1506.
MT Code § 2-18-803 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-803. Repealed

  2-18-803. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 555, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 438, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 59-1503(3).
MT Code § 2-18-804 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-804. Repealed

  2-18-804. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 555, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 438, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 59-1504.
MT Code § 2-18-805 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-805. Repealed

  2-18-805. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 555, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 438, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 59-1507.
MT Code § 2-18-806 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-806. Repealed

  2-18-806. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 555, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 438, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 59-1502.
MT Code § 2-18-807 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-807. Repealed

  2-18-807. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 555, L. 1979.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 438, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 59-1505.
MT Code § 2-18-808 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-808. Purpose

  2-18-808. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to establish a program under which the state may provide state employees with adequate group hospitalization, health, medical, disability, life, and other related group benefits in an efficient manner and at an affordable cost.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 555, L. 1979.
MT Code § 2-18-809 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-809. Definitions

  2-18-809. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Advisory council" means the state employee group benefits advisory council provided for in 2-15-1016.   (2) "Department" means the department of administration provided for in 2-15-1001.   (3) "Flexible spending account" means a funding and accounting arrangement allowed by federal law that:   (a) gives a state employee a choice between receiving taxable salary or having a part of the employee's salary withheld; and   (b) provides for depositing any portion of the state employee's salary withheld and any employer contribution designated by the employee into an account and receiving from that account nontaxable reimbursement for certain out-of-pocket medical expenses of the state employee or a dependent of the employee.   (4) "Group benefits" means group hospitalization, health, medical, surgical, disability, life, and other similar and related group benefits provided to officers and employees of the state, including flexible spending account benefits. The term "group benefits" does not include casualty insurance, defined in 33-1-206; marine insurance, authorized in 33-1-209 and 33-1-221 through 33-1-229; property insurance, defined in 33-1-210; surety insurance, defined in 33-1-211; and title insurance, defined in 33-1-212.   (5) (a) "State employee" means an employee of the state, specifically including a member or employee of the legislative branch of state government.   (b) The term "state employee" does not include employees of counties, cities, towns, school districts, or the Montana university system or a student intern, as defined in 2-18-101.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 555, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 467, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 88, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 75, L. 2005.
MT Code § 2-18-810 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-810. Functions of advisory council

  2-18-810. Functions of advisory council. (1) The department shall meet and consult with the advisory council before negotiating, contracting, or otherwise modifying state employee group benefit plans.   (2) The advisory council shall meet quarterly to review the existing state employee group benefit plans, to review claims problems, and to advise the department on state employee group benefit matters.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 555, L. 1979.
MT Code § 2-18-811 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-811. General duties of department

  2-18-811. General duties of department. The department shall:   (1) adopt rules for the conduct of its business under this part and to carry out the purposes of this part;   (2) negotiate and administer contracts for state employee group benefit plans for a period not to exceed 10 years;   (3) design state employee group benefit plans, establish specifications for bids, and make recommendations for acceptance or rejection of bids;   (4) prepare an annual report that describes the state employee group benefit plans being administered, details the historical and projected program costs and the status of reserve funds, and makes recommendations, if any, for change in existing state employee group benefit plans;   (5) prior to each legislative session, perform or obtain an analysis of rate adequacy of all state employee group benefit plans administered under this part; and   (6) submit the report required in this section to the office of budget and program planning as a part of the information required by 17-7-111.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 555, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 112, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 349, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 2007.
MT Code § 2-18-812 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-812. Alternatives to conventional insurance for providing state employee group benefits authorized -- requirements

  2-18-812. Alternatives to conventional insurance for providing state employee group benefits authorized -- requirements. The department may establish alternatives to conventional insurance for providing state employee group benefits. The requirements for providing alternatives to conventional insurance are as follows:   (1) The department shall maintain state employee group benefit plans on an actuarially sound basis.   (2) The department shall maintain reserves sufficient to liquidate the unrevealed claims liability and other liabilities of state employee group benefit plans.   (3) The department shall deposit all reserve funds and premiums paid to a state employee group benefit plan account within the state self-insurance reserve fund, and the deposits must be expended for claims under the plan.   (4) The department shall deposit income earned from the investment of a state employee group benefit plan's reserve fund into the account established under subsection (3) in order to offset the costs of administering the plan.   (5) The department shall deposit into the account provided for in subsection (3) all portions of a state employee's salary designated by the employee to be withheld for the purposes of flexible spending account benefits. Income earned on the deposits must be retained within the account and used for the purposes provided in this subsection. The money deposited and income earned on the deposits must be used for:   (a) payment of claims made by the employee;   (b) payment of reasonable costs of administration of the flexible spending account program;   (c) offsetting losses of the flexible spending account program; and   (d) reducing administration fees collected from participants in the program.   (6) The department shall, prior to implementation of any alternative to conventional insurance, present to the advisory council the evidence upon which the department has concluded that the alternative method will be more efficient, less costly, or otherwise superior to contracting for conventional insurance.   (7) Except as otherwise provided in Title 33, chapter 18, part 9, the provisions of Title 33 do not apply to the department when exercising the powers and duties provided for in this section.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 555, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 703, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 628, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 532, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 88, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 334, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 438, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 175, L. 2017.
MT Code § 2-18-813 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-813. Combining existing employee groups authorized

  2-18-813. Combining existing employee groups authorized. The department may combine existing state employee groups into larger groups for the purpose of establishing state employee group benefit plans on behalf of the combined groups. The department may also combine state employees into a single group for purposes of state employee group benefits under this part.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 555, L. 1979.
MT Code § 2-18-814 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-814. Administrative costs

  2-18-814. Administrative costs. The department shall include the costs of administering and negotiating state employee group benefit plans established under this part, as well as the costs of hiring necessary consultants, actuaries, and auditors under this part, as part of the cost for state employee group benefits.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 555, L. 1979.
MT Code § 2-18-815 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-815. Transfer of authority of board of regents authorized

  2-18-815. Transfer of authority of board of regents authorized. (1) The board of regents of higher education may transfer its authority for providing group benefits for employees of the Montana university system to the department.   (2) Upon transfer of the board of regents' authority as provided in (1) of this section, group benefit plans for employees of the Montana university system are subject to the provisions of this part.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 555, L. 1979.
MT Code § 2-18-816 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-816. Biennial audit of group benefit plans required

  2-18-816. Biennial audit of group benefit plans required. The state employee group benefit plans established under this part, whether established on a self-funded basis or not, must be audited every 2 years. The audit must cover the 2-year period since the last audit and be conducted by or at the direction of the legislative auditor.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 555, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1989.
MT Code § 2-18-817 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-817. through 2-18-819 reserved

  2-18-817 through 2-18-819 reserved.
MT Code § 2-18-820 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 8. State Group Insurance|2-18-820. Continuation of health insurance for legislators

  2-18-820. Continuation of health insurance for legislators. A legislator who is involuntarily terminated from performing service in either house of the legislature because of term limits is entitled to remain covered by the state's group health insurance plan and to the continuation of the employer's contributions to the employee's group health insurance plan for up to 6 months from the last day of the legislator's final term of office in that house. The provisions of this section are in addition to the rights and benefits provided under 2-18-704 and do not affect the right of a legislator to remain on the group health insurance plan after 6 months if the legislator is otherwise eligible under 2-18-704 to remain covered.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 558, L. 1999.
MT Code § 2-18-901 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 9. Subrogation -- Notice|2-18-901. Subrogation rights

  2-18-901. Subrogation rights. A disability insurance policy subject to this chapter may contain a provision providing that, to the extent necessary for reimbursement of benefits paid to or on behalf of the insured, the insurer is entitled to subrogation, as provided for in 2-18-902, against a judgment or recovery received by the insured from a third party found liable for a wrongful act or omission that caused the injury necessitating benefit payments.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1987.
MT Code § 2-18-902 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 9. Subrogation -- Notice|2-18-902. Notice -- shared costs of third-party action -- limitation

  2-18-902. Notice -- shared costs of third-party action -- limitation. (1) If an insured intends to institute an action for damages against a third party, the insured shall give the insurer reasonable notice of the intention to institute the action.   (2) The insured may request that the insurer pay a proportionate share of the reasonable costs of the third-party action, including attorney fees.   (3) An insurer may elect not to participate in the cost of the action. If an election is made, the insurer waives 50% of any subrogation rights granted to it by 2-18-901.   (4) The insurer's right of subrogation granted in 2-18-901 may not be enforced until the injured insured has been fully compensated for the insured's injuries.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 365, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 127, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 2-18-1001 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 10. Grievance Procedures|2-18-1001. Repealed

  2-18-1001. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 56, L. 2021.  History: En. 32-2505.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 377, L. 1975; Sec. 32-2505.1, R.C.M. 1947; En. 32-2505 by Sec. 2, Ch. 28, L. 1974; Sec. 32-2505, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2505(part), 32-2505.1; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 14, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 128, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 2-18-1002 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 10. Grievance Procedures|2-18-1002. Repealed

  2-18-1002. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 56, L. 2021.  History: (1)En. 32-2505 by Sec. 2, Ch. 28, L. 1974; Sec. 32-2505, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. 32-2505.2 by Sec. 2, Ch. 377, L. 1975; Sec. 32-2505.2, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2505(part), 32-2505.2; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 90, L. 1995.
MT Code § 2-18-1003 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 10. Grievance Procedures|2-18-1003. Repealed

  2-18-1003. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 56, L. 2021.  History: En. 32-2505.3 by Sec. 3, Ch. 377, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2505.3.
MT Code § 2-18-1004 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 10. Grievance Procedures|2-18-1004. through 2-18-1010 reserved

  2-18-1004 through 2-18-1010 reserved.
MT Code § 2-18-1011 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 10. Grievance Procedures|2-18-1011. Classification or compensation grievance -- retaliation -- hearing on complaint

  2-18-1011. Classification or compensation grievance -- retaliation -- hearing on complaint. (1) An employee or the employee's representative affected by the implementation of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter is entitled to file a complaint with the board of personnel appeals provided for in 2-15-1705 and to be heard under the provisions of a grievance procedure to be prescribed by the board.   (2) Direct or indirect interference, restraint, coercion, or retaliation by an employee's supervisor or the agency for which the employee works or by any other agency of state government against an employee because the employee has filed or attempted to file a complaint with the board is also a basis for a complaint and entitles the employee to file a complaint with the board and to be heard under the provisions of the grievance procedure prescribed by the board.   (3) An action that attempts to revise the determination of an employee's classification and that involves an employee exercising a right conferred by 2-18-1011 through 2-18-1013 in a way that would adversely affect the employee prior to final resolution or entry of a final order with respect to the action is presumed to be interference, restraint, coercion, or retaliation prohibited by subsection (2) unless the review was commenced or scheduled prior to filing of the appeal and was not prompted by the grievance appealed from. The presumption is rebuttable.   History: En. 82A-1014 by Sec. 15, Ch. 440, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 47, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 378, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 545, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82A-1014(part); amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 575, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 129, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 81, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 430, L. 2017.