{"id":"ME-076","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Superintendent of Insurance Eric A. Cioppa, Bureau of Insurance","authority":"24-A M.R.S. §§ 471-479; Proclamation of Insurance Emergency (ME-002)","instrument":"Bulletin 442","title":"Emergency Measures Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12","end":"With the Insurance Emergency (July 31, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2021-07-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["all carriers offering health plans","insurance licensees"],"clause":"By her proclamation issued today, attached to this Bulletin as Appendix A, Governor Janet T. Mills declared that the anticipated impact of COVID-19 in this State has created a state of insurance emergency as defined in 24-A M.R.S. § 471. Therefore, I have issued an order, attached as Appendix B, outlining emergency measures applicable to all carriers offering health plans subject to the Maine Health Plan Improvement Act... enterprises of all kinds must be prepared to cope with absence or [disruption]","enforcement":"Superintendent\u0027s order (Appendix B) under 24-A M.R.S. § 472","functions":["IN insurance operations","CB payers","OP business continuity"],"notes":"Attaches the Superintendent\u0027s emergency order on health-plan coverage of COVID-19 testing and telehealth.","sourceUrl":"https://www.maine.gov/pfr/insurance/legal/bulletins/pdf/442.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200416195421/https://www.maine.gov/pfr/insurance/legal/bulletins/pdf/442.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":425219,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ME","url":"/library/ME-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ME-076","citation":"Superintendent of Insurance Eric A. Cioppa, Bureau of Insurance, Bulletin 442 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. ME-076)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-002"]}