{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3001","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 31-3001","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Health benefit plan” means an accident and health insurance policy or  certificate, hospital and medical services corporation contract, health  maintenance organization subscriber contract, plan provided by a multiple  employer welfare arrangement, or plan provided by another benefit arrangement.  The term “health benefit plan” shall not mean accident only, credit, or  disability insurance; coverage of medicare services or federal employee health  plans under contracts with the United States Government; medicare supplement  or long-term care insurance; specified disease insurance; hospital confinement  indemnity coverage; limited benefit health coverage; coverage issued as a  supplement to liability insurance; insurance arising out of a workers’ compensation or similar law; automobile medical payment insurance; medical  expense and loss of income benefits; or insurance under which benefits are  payable with or without regard to fault and which is statutorily required to  be contained in a liability insurance policy or equivalent self-insurance.\n\n(2)\n“Health insurer” means a person that provides one or more health benefit  plans or insurance in the District of Columbia, including an insurer, a  hospital and medical services corporation, a fraternal benefit society, a  health maintenance organization, a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or  any other person providing a plan of health insurance subject to the authority  of the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking.\n\n(3)\n“Insured” means a person covered by a health benefit plan.","path":["Title 31. Insurance and Securities.","Chapter 30. Diabetes Health Insurance Coverage."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/31-3001","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"5ef07ec7e0df81c45170b3c2edd7683743663d5ba98b1018f8e0037331ff3e4e","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-2996.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}