The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Iowa Code §§ 505.8, 513B, 513C; Governor's March 17, 2020 proclamation
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19
- End
- Grace-period window for premiums due through June 30, 2020 (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- all health insurance companies and HMOs writing in Iowa
- Functions reached
- IN insurance: premium collection and cancellation practice changed
- CB payers
- Collection
- Iowa IA
Operative words
'In light of Governor Reynolds's March 17, 2020 proclamation of a State of Public Health Disaster Emergency... The Commissioner requests all health insurers and health maintenance organizations licensed in this state to allow a premium payment grace period for any Iowa individual health benefit plan... and to any health benefit plan issued to small employers... Health insurers and health maintenance organizations are requested to allow any individual or small group policyholder at least 60 days after a premium payment is due before terminating coverage for any such policyholder who has a premium payment initially due between March 17, 2020, and June 30, 2020.'
Enforcement
Regulatory request of the Commissioner (not a mandate); the Governor's March 26 proclamation (IA-005 § 3) separately directed the Commissioner to require telehealth payment parity
Notes
The Division's COVID-19 bulletins (20-03 to 20-10) governed insurer conduct; this one is saved as the exemplar. The telehealth payment-parity order is in IA-005.
Retrieval noteDivision's own PDF read in full (text layer).