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Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-7-2358

Continuity of care

Known as the Tennessee Insurance Law

The act spans §§ 56-10-101 to 56-8-206 (1,220 sections).

Acts 1998, ch. 1033, § 8.

(1) If a provider who is a member of a managed health insurance issuer's network terminates its agreement with the issuer, or the issuer terminates the provider without cause, then the provider and issuer shall allow a subscriber or enrollee who is: Under active treatment for a particular injury or sickness, to continue to receive covered benefits from the treating provider for the injury or sickness for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of notice of termination;

(2) In the second trimester of pregnancy to continue care with a treating provider until completion of postpartum care; and

(3) Being treated at an inpatient facility to remain at the facility until the patient is discharged.

(4) Subsection (a) shall apply only if the treating provider or inpatient facility agrees to continue to be bound by the terms, conditions and reimbursement rates of the provider's agreement with the issuer.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.