{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3417","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 31-3417","heading":"Powers of insurance corporations.","body":"(a)\nAn insurance company authorized to do business in the District may, either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate, organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any 2 or more such insurance companies, or subsidiaries or affiliates thereof, may jointly organize and operate a health maintenance organization. The business of insurance is deemed to include the providing of health care by a health maintenance organization owned or operated by an insurer or subsidiary thereof.\n\n(b)\nNotwithstanding any other provision of insurance laws, an insurer may contract with a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or similar protection against the cost of care provided through health maintenance organizations and to provide coverage in the event of the failure of a health maintenance organization to meet its obligations.\n\n(c)\nThe enrollees of a health maintenance organization constitute a permissible group under such laws. Among other things, under such contracts the insurer may make benefit payments to health maintenance organizations for health care services rendered by providers.","path":["Title 31. Insurance and Securities.","Chapter 34. Health Maintenance Organizations."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/31-3417","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0db2b3f1032219f0afd96795c35d6fb6432896ae1f3b68cc9fadf35976fe7891","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3416","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3418"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}