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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.065 - Articles of incorporation, how amended — copy to director, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
354.065. Articles of incorporation, how amended — copy to director, when. —
A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation from time to time in the manner provided in chapter 355 and shall file a duly certified copy of its certificate of amendment with the director of the department of commerce and insurance within twenty days after the issuance of the certificate of amendment by the secretary of state. Upon the issuance of the certificate of amendment by the secretary of state, the amendment shall become effective and the articles of incorporation shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 12, A.L. 1998 S.B. 680, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 896, A.L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.070 - Certificate of authority automatically extended, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983, 2 histories
354.070. Certificate of authority automatically extended, when. —
When the annual statement of a corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 is filed and all fees due from the corporation are tendered, the corporation's certificate of authority to do business in this state shall automatically be extended pending formal renewal by the director, or until such time as he should refuse to renew the certificate.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 13, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.075 - Capital required to do business.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.075. Capital required to do business. —
No corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall be permitted to do business in this state unless it shall have a paid-in capital or guaranty fund of not less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the reserves required in sections 354.010 to 354.380. The surplus and guaranty fund shall be placed and held on joint deposit with the director for the protection of all subscribers, members and beneficiaries.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 14, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.080 - Reserves required, how computed.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973, 2 histories
354.080. Reserves required, how computed. —
The corporation shall maintain at all times reserves adequate to provide the hospital, medical-surgical and other health services made available to its members and beneficiaries and to meet all its costs and expenses. The reserves shall not be less than an amount equal to two months of benefit payments and administrative expenses, based on an average of the preceding twelve months, or if the reserves are not equal to such average, they must have been increased during the preceding twelve months by an amount equal to one percent of the gross dues income during such period. The determination of minimum reserves hereunder shall be subject, as to amounts payable to participating providers of the health services, to any right of the corporation to prorate the amounts under the terms of its health service contracts with providers. The director may decrease or suspend the requirements of this section if he finds that such action would be in the best interest of the members of the corporation.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.085 - Membership contract forms, approval by director, when — time for filing — time for disapproval.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
354.085. Membership contract forms, approval by director, when — time for filing — time for disapproval. —
No corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall deliver or issue for delivery in this state a form of membership contract, or any endorsement or rider thereto, until a copy of the form shall have been approved by the director. The director shall not approve any policy forms which are not in compliance with the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 of this state, or which contain any provision which is deceptive, ambiguous or misleading, or which do not contain such words, phraseology, conditions and provisions which are specific, certain and reasonably adequate to meet needed requirements for the protection of those insured. If a policy form is disapproved, the reasons therefor shall be stated in writing; a hearing shall be granted upon such disapproval, if so requested; provided, however, that such hearing shall be held no sooner than fifteen days following the request. The failure of the director of the department of commerce and insurance to take action approving or disapproving a submitted policy form within forty-five days from the date of filing shall be deemed an approval thereof. The director shall not disapprove any deemed policy form for a period of twelve months thereafter. If at any time during that twelve-month period the director determines that any provision of the deemed policy form is contrary to state law, the director shall notify the health services corporation of the specific provision that is contrary to state law, and any specific statute to which the provision is contrary to, and request that the health services corporation file, within thirty days of receipt of the request, an amendment form that modifies the provision to conform to state law. Upon approval of the amendment form by the director, the health services corporation shall issue a copy of the amendment to each individual and entity to which the deemed policy form was previously issued and shall attach a copy of the amendment to the deemed policy form when it is subsequently issued. Such amendment shall have the force and effect as if the amendment was in the original filing or policy. The director of the department of commerce and insurance shall have authority to make such reasonable rules and regulations concerning the filing and submission of such policy forms as are necessary, proper or advisable.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 16, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127, A.L. 2003 H.B. 121)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.090 - Health services corporation contracts, purposes, parties to.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983, 2 histories
354.090. Health services corporation contracts, purposes, parties to. —
1. A corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 may enter into contracts for the rendering of hospital services, medical-surgical services and other health services on behalf of its members or beneficiaries with hospitals maintained by any governmental body or agency, or maintained by a nonprofit corporation organized for hospital purposes, or with other corporations, organizations, associations, partnerships or individuals furnishing hospital services, medical-surgical services, or other health services. Any health services corporation may enter into agreements or contracts with other organizations or corporations licensed to do business in this state or in any other state for the transfer of members or beneficiaries, for the reciprocal joint provisions of benefits to the members or beneficiaries of the corporation and of such other organizations or corporations, or for such other joint undertakings as the corporation's board of directors may approve.
2. In lieu of direct payment from an insured for goods or services furnished, a pharmacist may take an assignment of such insured's right to reimbursement for those goods or services provided to a member of a health services corporation. No health services corporation may refuse to pay the pharmacist any payment due the insured under the terms of the policy or contract.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 17, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.095 - Limitation of membership and benefits — certain benefits to be provided, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.095. Limitation of membership and benefits — certain benefits to be provided, when. —
1. A corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 may, in the discretion of its board of directors, limit or define the classes of persons who shall be eligible to become members or beneficiaries, limit and define the benefits which it will furnish, and may define such benefits as it undertakes to furnish into classes or kinds. It may make available to its members or beneficiaries such health services, or reimbursement therefor, as the board of directors of any such corporation may approve; if maternity benefits are provided to any members of any plan, then maternity benefits shall be provided to any member of such plan without discrimination as to whether the member is married or unmarried, and if maternity benefits are provided to a beneficiary of any plan, then maternity benefits shall be provided to such beneficiary of such plan without discrimination as to whether the beneficiary is married or unmarried.
2. If an ambulatory surgical facility as defined by subdivision (2)
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of section 197.200, has received a certificate of need as provided in chapter 197, a health services corporation shall provide benefits to the facility on the same basis as it does to all other health care facilities, whether contracting members or noncontracting members. A health services corporation shall use the same standards that are applied to any other health care facility within the same health services area in defining the benefits that the corporation will furnish to the ambulatory surgical facility, the classes to which such benefits will be furnished, and the amount of reimbursement.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 18, A.L. 1981 S.B. 185, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
*In 2017 statutory reference to subdivision "(1)" changed to "(2)" in accordance with section 3.060.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.105 - Annual report required, contents of.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.105. Annual report required, contents of. —
All corporations subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall make and file annually with the director on or before the first day of March of each year a report under oath upon a form to be prescribed by the director setting forth:
(1) The name of the corporation;
(2) The address of its registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at such address;
(3) The names and addresses of its directors and officers;
(4) A brief statement of the character of the affairs which the corporation is actually conducting;
(5) The amount of all dues or fees collected in this state or from residents thereof with respect to members or beneficiaries in the last calendar year, the amounts actually paid during such year for health services for the members or beneficiaries, and the amounts placed in reserves;
(6) A financial report for the most recent fiscal year of the corporation, prepared by an officer of the corporation or by a certified public accountant;
(7) A statement of any other facts or information concerning the affairs of the health services corporation which may be required reasonably by the director.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 20, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.115 - Member's grievance, how and where filed — director may investigate, court action not barred.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.115. Member's grievance, how and where filed — director may investigate, court action not barred. —
Any individual member of a corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 who believes himself to be aggrieved by any act or omission of such corporation or its officers, directors, or employees may file a statement in writing of his grievance in the office of the director, and the director may make such investigation of such grievance as he deems appropriate. No such investigation by the director shall act as a bar to any suit in a court of competent jurisdiction instituted by any such member, or as a bar to any defense thereto by the corporation involved.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 22, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.120 - Rules and regulations by director authorized — procedure, review.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
354.120. Rules and regulations by director authorized — procedure, review. —
The director may promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 as he shall deem necessary for its proper administration, pursuant to the provisions of this section and chapter 536. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 23, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.125 - Corporation not liable for injuries resulting from medical services rendered members.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973
354.125. Corporation not liable for injuries resulting from medical services rendered members. —
A health services corporation shall not be liable for injuries resulting from neglect, misfeasance, malfeasance or malpractice on the part of any person, organization, agency or corporation rendering health services to the health services corporation's members and beneficiaries.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 24)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.130 - Exemption from certain taxes, exceptions.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983, 2 histories
354.130. Exemption from certain taxes, exceptions. —
Every health services corporation shall be exempt from all taxes with respect to its membership dues or fees and other income, and shall be exempt from all franchise taxes and license fees except as otherwise specified in sections 354.010 to 354.380.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 25, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.140 - Dissolution, liquidation or rehabilitation of corporation, procedure for.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.140. Dissolution, liquidation or rehabilitation of corporation, procedure for. —
Any dissolution, liquidation, or rehabilitation of a corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall be instituted and carried out pursuant to the provisions of chapter 355 to the extent that the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 27, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.145 - Appeal from director's actions or decisions, how taken.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.145. Appeal from director's actions or decisions, how taken. —
Every final administrative action or decision of the director under sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall be subject to judicial review under and in accordance with the administrative procedure and review law of this state, chapter 536.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 28, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.150 - Fees — waiver, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 01 Jan 2019, 3 histories, see footnote
354.150. Fees — waiver, when. —
1. Every health services corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall pay to the director the fees specified in section 374.230.
2. Fees mandated in subdivision (1) of section 374.230 shall be waived if a majority shareholder, officer, or director of the organizing corporation is a member of the Missouri National Guard or any other active duty military, resides in the state of Missouri, and provides proof of such service to the secretary of state.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 29, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127, A.L. 1993 H.B. 709, A.L. 2007 S.B. 66, A.L. 2014 S.B. 600, A.L. 2018 S.B. 982)
Effective 1-01-19
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.152 - Premiums, dues or fees subject to restrictions — violation, hearing — order prohibiting.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
354.152. Premiums, dues or fees subject to restrictions — violation, hearing — order prohibiting. —
Premiums, dues or fees made by each corporation shall be subject to the following provisions:
(1) Premiums, dues or fees shall not be excessive or inadequate, as herein defined, nor shall they be unfairly discriminatory;
(2) No premiums, dues or fees shall be held to be excessive unless such premiums, dues or fees are unreasonably high relative to the corporation's loss experience under policies, plans or contracts with respect to the territory or classification to which such premiums, dues or fees are applicable;
(3) No premiums, dues or fees shall be held to be inadequate unless such premiums, dues or fees are unreasonably low for the coverage provided and the continued use of such premiums, dues or fees endangers the solvency of the corporation using the same;
(4) If the director of the department of commerce and insurance has reason to believe that any premiums, dues or fees do not meet the standards of this section, he shall hold a public hearing in connection therewith, provided
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that within a reasonable period of time, which shall be not less than ten days before the date of such hearing, he shall mail written notice specifying the matters to be considered at such hearing to any corporation believed by him not to be in compliance with the provisions of this section;
(5) If the director, after such hearings, for good cause finds that such premiums, dues or fees do not meet the provisions of this section, he shall issue an order specifying in what respects any such premiums, dues or fees fails to meet the provisions of this section and stating when, within a reasonable period of time thereafter, the further use of such premiums, dues or fees by the corporation which is the subject of the examination shall be prohibited and a copy of such order shall be sent to such corporation.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 93)
*Word "providing" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.155 - Disclaimer as to nonhealth services corporations.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.155. Disclaimer as to nonhealth services corporations. —
Nothing contained in sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall affect the right to organize a corporation under chapter 352 or chapter 355 or the powers or rights of corporations organized pursuant thereto which are not health services corporations.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 30, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.175 - Wage continuation plans by employer exempt.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.175. Wage continuation plans by employer exempt. —
Provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 or of any law relating to insurance shall not apply to any employer's plan to insure the continued payment of wages or like compensation to employees during periods of sickness or disability.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 34, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.180 - Administrative order, director to issue, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
354.180. Administrative order, director to issue, when. —
1. If the director determines that a person has engaged, is engaging in, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in an act, practice or course of business constituting a violation of sections 354.010 to 354.380 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or a person has materially aided or is materially aiding an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of sections 354.010 to 354.380 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may issue such administrative orders as authorized under section 374.046. A violation of these sections is a level two violation under section 374.049, except for any violation of sections 354.320 and 354.350, which is a level three violation.
2. If the director believes that a person has engaged, is engaging in, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in an act, practice or course of business constituting a violation of sections 354.010 to 354.380 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided or is materially aiding an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of sections 354.010 to 354.380 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may maintain a civil action for relief authorized under section 374.048. A violation of these sections is a level two violation under section 374.049, except for any violation of sections 354.320 and 354.350, which is a level three violation.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127, A.L. 2007 S.B. 66)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.190 - Examinations, procedures.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.190. Examinations, procedures. —
1. The director shall examine and inquire into all violations of the laws of the state applicable to corporations subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380, and examine the financial condition, affairs and management of any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 incorporated by or doing business in this state, and inquire into and investigate the business transacted in this state by any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 or such corporation's enrollment representatives.
2. He or any of his duly appointed agents may compel the attendance before him, and may examine, under oath, the directors, officers, employees, enrollment representatives, attorneys or any other person, in reference to the condition, affairs, management of the business, or any matters relating thereto. He may administer oaths or affirmations, and shall have power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses, and to require and compel the production of records, books, papers, contracts or other documents, if necessary.
3. The director may make and conduct the examination in person, or he may appoint one or more persons to make and conduct the same for him. If made by one other than the director in person, the person duly appointed by the director shall have the same powers as above granted to the director. A certificate of appointment, under the official seal of the director, shall be sufficient authority and evidence thereof for the person or persons to act. For the purpose of making the examinations, or having the same made, the director may employ the necessary clerical, actuarial and other assistance.
4. The director may accept, in lieu of an examination by himself, or by his authority, a certificate of an examination, accompanied by a statement of all the facts in the case made by the insurance commissioner or superintendent of another state, of a health services corporation organized under the laws of such state.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.195 - Records of examination, duty to keep.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.195. Records of examination, duty to keep. —
Said director shall keep and preserve in a permanent form a full record of his proceedings, including a concise statement of the condition of every corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 whose affairs he shall have examined.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.200 - Examinations, false testimony, penalty.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.200. Examinations, false testimony, penalty. —
1. Any person testifying falsely in reference to any matter material to the investigation, examination or inquiry shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor, punishable as provided by law.
2. Any person who shall refuse to give such director full and truthful information, and answer in writing to any inquiry or question made in writing by the director, in regard to the business
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relating to any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 carried on by such person, or to appear and testify under oath before the director in regard to the same, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a class B misdemeanor, punishable as provided by law.
3. Any director, officer, manager, enrollment representative, or employee of any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380, or any other person, who shall make any false certificate or entry or memorandum upon any of the books or papers of any such corporation, or upon any statement or exhibit offered, filed or offered to be filed in the department of commerce and insurance, or used in the course of any examination, inquiry or investigation, with intent to deceive the director or any person employed or appointed by him to make any examination, inquiry or investigation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, punishable as provided by law.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
*Word "of" appears here in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.205 - Examinations — costs, how paid.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.205. Examinations — costs, how paid. —
1. The expenses of any proceedings concerning, or examinations of, a corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380, conducted by the department of commerce and insurance shall be assessed by the director upon the corporation proceeded against or examined, or whose policies have been valued, and shall be in the first instance paid by such corporation, on the order of the director, directly to the person or persons rendering the service.
2. If the corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 has been or shall be adjudged insolvent, or shall neglect, fail or refuse to pay the director may approve the payment of the expenses, in whole or in part, which shall be paid in like manner as other expenses of the department of commerce and insurance; and the amount so paid, together with cost, charges and fees for collecting the same, shall be a first lien upon all the assets and property of such corporation, and may be recovered by the director of revenue in any court of competent jurisdiction; or if such corporation be in liquidation, or process of being wound up, the cost and expenses of settling its affairs shall be allowed and taxed as costs against said corporation, and shall be a first lien upon and payable out of its assets. The director of revenue shall deposit such sums in the state treasury to reimburse the insurance fund.
3. Before any costs of any examination or valuation shall be paid, vouchers for the same shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner of administration.
4. When any examination or valuation is made by the director in person or by any salaried employee of the department of commerce and insurance, the cost of making the same shall be certified to the director of revenue for collection.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.207 - Second medical opinion to be allowed by health services corporations, procedure, costs.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
354.207. Second medical opinion to be allowed by health services corporations, procedure, costs. —
1. A health services corporation shall allow enrollees to seek a second medical opinion or consultation from a willing second physician at no additional cost to the enrollee beyond what the enrollee would otherwise pay for an initial medical opinion or consultation from that second physician.
2. If an enrollee chooses to seek a second medical opinion, and if the health services corporation does not employ or contract with another physician with the expertise necessary to provide a second medical opinion, then the health services corporation shall arrange for a referral to another physician with the necessary expertise to provide a second opinion or consultation and ensure that the enrollee obtains the covered benefit at no greater cost to the enrollee than if the benefit were obtained from participating physicians.
3. The second opinions required in this section and section 354.546 shall be covered only in the event that the original diagnosis requires major surgery or other treatment necessitating general anesthesia or other serious illness involving loss of bodily part or function or other debilitating disease.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 754 § 354.207, § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.210 - Director may seek relief, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
354.210. Director may seek relief, when. —
If the director has reason to believe that any health services corporation is in such financial condition that the assumption of additional obligations would be hazardous to its members or the general public, the director may issue orders or seek relief to protect the public under the provisions of section 354.180.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127, A.L. 2007 S.B. 66)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.215 - Examiner's sick leave to apply to health services corporations.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.215. Examiner's sick leave to apply to health services corporations. —
The provisions of sections 374.261 to 374.269, which relate to the insurance examiner's sick leave fund, shall apply to health services corporations certified to operate in this state in the same manner as these sections now apply to those domestic insurers which pay a premium tax and are engaged in the business of insurance within this state. The provisions of sections 374.261 to 374.269 shall also apply to examiners of the department of commerce and insurance conducting examinations under section 354.190 in the same manner as these sections now apply to examiners of the department of commerce and insurance conducting examinations under section 374.190.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.220 - Director may bring suit to recover fees or sums.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.220. Director may bring suit to recover fees or sums. —
1. The director may bring suit to recover any fees or other sums which he is authorized by law to demand or collect.
2. Any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 or person liable for any fees or assessments who shall neglect or refuse to pay the same within ten days after written demand by the director shall be liable to pay double the amount of such fees or assessments; and any judgment recovered in such case shall be for double such amount and costs.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.225 - Enrollment representative, defined — annual report to furnish information — solicitors of members to be insurance agent or broker, exception.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
354.225. Enrollment representative, defined — annual report to furnish information — solicitors of members to be insurance agent or broker, exception. —
1. Any employee of a corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 who, for compensation, solicits membership in a prepayment health services plan offered by such corporation, or offers or assumes to act in negotiation thereof, shall be an
"enrollment representative"
of such corporation. Every corporation subject to sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall furnish the director annually, at the time of filing its annual report, the name, title and address of such person employed by it as the corporation's enrollment representative.
2. Any person who, for compensation, solicits membership in a prepayment health services plan offered by a corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380, who is not an employee of such corporation, shall be an insurance agent or broker licensed to transact such business in the state of Missouri.
3. Enrollment representatives, agents and brokers soliciting, negotiating, procuring or making membership agreements for a corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall be subject to all the insurance laws of this state applicable to agents and brokers authorized to solicit, negotiate, procure or make health insurance coverage in this state, including those provisions of chapter 375 relating to the education, licensing, appointment, termination and discipline of agents and brokers.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127, A.L. 1993 H.B. 709)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.230 - License required for enrollment representative.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.230. License required for enrollment representative. —
No person shall act in this state as an enrollment representative unless he is licensed by the director as provided in this chapter.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.235 - Enrollment representative — license issued when, qualifications.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
354.235. Enrollment representative — license issued when, qualifications. —
1. The director shall issue a license to any natural person who is at least eighteen years of age, and has complied with the requirements of sections 354.010 to 354.380, authorizing the licensee to act as an enrollment representative on behalf of any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380.
2. Any license issued shall authorize only the licensee named in the license to act individually as an enrollment representative thereunder.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127, A.L. 1993 S.B. 709)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.240 - Nonresident may be licensed — examination waived, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.240. Nonresident may be licensed — examination waived, when. —
1. A person not a legal resident of this state may be licensed to act in this state as an enrollment representative upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter provided that the state in which the person resides will accord the same privilege to a resident of this state. The director is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with the appropriate official of any other state waiving the written examination of any applicant residing in the other state; provided, the director deems the applicant fully qualified and competent; and
(1) That a written examination is required of applicants for similar licenses in the other state; and
(2) That the appropriate official in that state certifies that the applicant holds a currently valid license of similar type in that state and either passed a written examination or was the holder of such license prior to the time a written examination was required.
2. In the event that the applicant is a resident of a state which does not require a written examination, then the director shall subject him to a written examination under terms and conditions to be prescribed by the director of the department of commerce and insurance.
3. In the event that the applicant is a resident of another state in which the appropriate insurance official, as a general policy, has refused to permit legal residents of Missouri to become licensed as enrollment representatives and to transact the business of a health services corporation in such state, then the director shall not license any applicant from that state.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.265 - Nonrenewable temporary license issued, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.265. Nonrenewable temporary license issued, when. —
A nonrenewable temporary license may be issued for a period not to exceed ninety days in cases where an applicant has theretofore filed a completed application for a license, has secured an appointment by a corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380, has paid the applicable fees and where the director is satisfied as to the applicant's business reputation.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.275 - Violations by enrollment representatives, penalties.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.275. Violations by enrollment representatives, penalties. —
Any person willfully violating any of the provisions of sections 354.225 to 354.270 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, if the offender holds a license under these sections, the court imposing sentence shall order the director of the department of commerce and insurance to revoke the license.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.280 - Officers of corporation found to be of known bad character or incompetent — authority to transact business, effect.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.280. Officers of corporation found to be of known bad character or incompetent — authority to transact business, effect. —
The director shall not grant or continue authority to transact insurance in this state as to any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380, one or more of the managing officers of which is found by him, after hearing, to be of known bad character or to be so incompetent or untrustworthy as to make the proposed operation hazardous to the health services corporation's current or potential members; or which he has good reason to believe is affiliated directly or indirectly through ownership, control, reinsurance transactions or other insurance or business relations with any person or persons whose business operations are or have been detrimental to policyholders, stockholders, investors, creditors, members or the public by illegal or fraudulent manipulation or dissipation of assets or accounts, or of reinsurance of any insurance company or companies, or by similar injurious actions.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.285 - Management agreements to control corporation, notice to department, when — examination requirements — violations.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.285. Management agreements to control corporation, notice to department, when — examination requirements — violations. —
1. All agreements or contracts under which any person, organization or corporation enjoys in fact the exclusive or dominant right to manage or control any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 to the substantial exclusion of the board of directors, officers, attorney in fact or other lawful management shall be filed with the director on his request.
2. The director, for the purpose of ascertaining the assets, conditions and affairs of any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380, may examine the books, records, documents and assets of any person having a contract or agreement as provided in subsection 1 to the extent necessary to determine the financial condition of such corporation. The failure or refusal of any such person to submit his books, papers, accounts, records or affairs to the reasonable inspection or examination of the director shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the certificate of authority of the corporation to do business in this state.
3. No agreement or contract as provided in subsection 1 shall operate to the financial detriment of the corporation in such manner as to endanger its financial stability or otherwise be hazardous to the members and creditors of the corporation.
4. On examination of any agreement or contract, if the director finds it violates the provisions of this section, he shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of section 354.180.
5. Any person, organization or corporation having a management contract as provided in subsection 1 hereof shall within five days of execution of such contract provide notice of such contract to the director of the department of commerce and insurance.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships › Chapter 354 - Health Services Corporations — Health Maintenance Organizations — Prepaid Dental Plans › Section 354.290 - Examiner's duties — examination contents — hearing on reports allowed — publication of report, when.

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 354
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
354.290. Examiner's duties — examination contents — hearing on reports allowed — publication of report, when. —
1. Every examiner shall make a full and true report of every examination made by him, verified by his oath, which examination shall comprise only facts appearing upon the books, papers, records or documents of the corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380, or ascertained from the testimony sworn to by its officers or agents or other persons examined under oath, concerning its affairs and such conclusions and recommendations as may reasonably be warranted from the facts so disclosed.
2. The director shall grant a hearing to the corporation examined before filing any report and may withhold any report from public inspection for such time as he deems proper, and may, if he deem it for the interest of the public to do so, publish any report or the result of any examination as contained therein in one or more newspapers of the state.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 127)