{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17e-9","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 58-17E-9","heading":"Registration of discount medical plan organization.","body":"Any discount medical plan organization that is not offered directly by a health carrier as provided by this chapter, shall register in a format as prescribed by the director and shall file reports and conduct business under the same standards as required of utilization review organizations in accordance with provisions of §§ 58-17H-36 and 58-17H-37. No health carrier may offer or provide coverage through a person not registered but required to be registered pursuant to §§ 58-17E-9, 58-17E-39, 58-17E-41, and 58-17E-45, inclusive. Any plan or program that is registered pursuant to § 58-17F-16 is not required to maintain a separate registration pursuant to §§ 58-17E-9, 58-17E-39, 58-17E-41, and 58-17E-45, inclusive. Any plan or program of discounted goods or services that is offered by a health carrier in conjunction with a health benefit plan, as defined in §§ 58-18-42 and 58-17-66(9), a Medicare supplement policy as defined in § 58-17A-1, or other insurance product that is offered by an authorized insurer and that is subject to the jurisdiction of the director is not required to be registered pursuant to §§ 58-17E-9, 58-17E-39, 58-17E-41, and 58-17E-45, inclusive.\nCommission Note: SL 2012, ch 239, § 1 provides: \"The provisions of chapter 219 of the 2011 Session Laws shall be deemed repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010) is found to be unconstitutional in its entirety by a final decision of a federal court of competent jurisdiction and all appeals exhausted or time for appeals elapsed.\"","path":["TITLE 58. INSURANCE","CHAPTER 58-17E. DISCOUNT MEDICAL PLANS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/58-17E-9","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"0f38e29b8cdd675d5e0c43c0129e285bba54ac9fd21ad280c7513a1d96dd2930","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17e-8","next":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17e-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}