13-7-42: Dental coverage; designation of payment.

A. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall provide for the direct payment of covered benefits to a provider, specified by the insured, regardless of the provider's network or contractual status with the dental plan.

B. A dental plan shall provide for the direct payment of covered benefits to a provider, specified by the insured, by including on its claim forms an:

(1) option for the designation of payment from the insured to the provider; and

(2) an attestation to be completed by the insured.