8. Except where shorter time frames are necessary to monitor patient safety or treatment effectiveness and with notice to the treating provider, if a payer requires prior authorization for a health care service for the treatment of a chronic or long-term care condition, the prior authorization shall remain valid for 180 days and the payer shall not require the covered person to obtain a prior authorization again for the health care service within the 180-day period.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 17B:30-55.7
Prior authorization, chronic, long-term care condition, validity, exception, timeline
Known as the New Jersey Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act
The act spans §§ 17B:17-1 to 17B:37-9 (1,003 sections).
L.2023, c.296, s.8.
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