{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-37-1360.89","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 37:1360.89","heading":"Direct agreement requirements; disclaimer","body":"A.(1) A direct agreement shall include the following disclaimer:\n\"This agreement does not provide comprehensive health insurance coverage. It provides only the health care services specifically described.\"\n(2) A direct agreement may not be sold to a group and may not be entered with a group of subscribers. A direct agreement shall be an agreement between a direct practice and an individual direct patient or a family of direct patients.\n(3) Nothing shall prohibit the presentation of marketing materials to groups of potential subscribers or their representatives.\nB. A comprehensive disclosure statement shall be distributed to all direct patients with their participation forms. The disclosure shall inform a direct patient of his financial rights and responsibilities to the direct practice as provided for in this Part, encourage a direct patient to obtain and maintain insurance for services not provided by the direct practice, and state that the direct practice will not bill a health insurance issuer for services covered under the direct agreement. The disclosure statement shall include contact information for the board.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=919733","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:58Z","sha256":"e035fce0e48b32c90f227ff382144ae589845d7c2dd2c91c47153a60a90282f1","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-37-1360.88","next":"us-la/rs-37-1360.90"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}