The health plan issuer against which a request for a standard external review or an expedited external review is filed shall pay the cost of the external review, including the cost of any external review that is required at the direction of the superintendent.
If the superintendent determines that, due to the facts and circumstances of an external review, a second external review is required, the health plan issuer shall pay the costs of the second review.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.48, HB 218, §1, eff. 12/26/2011.