§ 36-7002. Definitions.

As used in the Health Savings Account Act:

1.  “High deductible health plan” means a health plan which meets the requirements of Section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code as added by Section 1201 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, P.L. 108-173; and

2.  “State-mandated health benefits” means coverage for health care services or benefits, required by state law or state regulations, requiring the reimbursement or utilization related to a specific illness, injury, or condition of the covered person, or inclusion of a specific category of licensed health care practitioner to be provided to the covered person in a health benefit plan for a health-related condition of a covered person.  Provided, that for the purposes of the options provided by this act, state-mandated health benefits which may be excluded in whole or in part shall not include any health care services or benefits which are mandated by federal law.  “State-mandated health benefits” does not mean standard provisions or rights required to be present in a health benefit plan pursuant to state law or state regulations unrelated to a specific illness, injury or condition of the insured including, but not limited to, those related to continuation of benefits found in Article 45 of the Oklahoma Insurance Code.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 129, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.