Section 12705.

For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) "Applicant" means an individual who applies for major risk medical coverage through the program.

(b) "Board" means the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board.

(c) "Fund" means the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund, from which the program may authorize expenditures to pay for medically necessary services which exceed subscribers' contributions, and for administration of the program.

(d) "Major risk medical coverage" means the payment for medically necessary services provided by institutional and professional providers.

(e) "Participating health plan" means a private insurer (1) holding a valid outstanding certificate of authority from the Insurance Commissioner, a nonprofit membership corporation lawfully operating under the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Corporations Code), or a health care service plan as defined under subdivision (f) of Section 1345 of the Health and Safety Code, which is lawfully engaged in providing, arranging, paying for, or reimbursing the cost of personal health care services under insurance policies or contracts, medical and hospital service agreements, or membership contracts, in consideration of premiums or other periodic charges payable to it, and (2) which contracts with the program to administer major risk medical coverage to program subscribers.

(f) "Plan rates" means the total monthly amount charged by a participating health plan for a category of risk.

(g) "Program" means the California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program.

(h) "Subscriber" means an individual who is eligible for and receives major risk medical coverage through the program, and includes a member of a federally recognized California Indian tribe.

(i) "Subscriber contribution" means the portion of participating health plan rates paid by the subscriber, or paid on behalf of the subscriber by a federally recognized California Indian tribal government. If a federally recognized California Indian tribal government makes a contribution on behalf of a member of the tribe, the tribal government shall ensure that the subscriber is made aware of all the health plan options available in the county where the member resides.

(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 526, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2011.)