{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17i-4","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 58-17I-4","heading":"Register of grievances required--Information to be compiled--Maintenance.","body":"Each health carrier shall maintain in a register written records to document all grievances received including the notices and claims associated with the grievances during a calendar year. A request for a first level review of a grievance involving an adverse determination shall be processed in compliance with §§ 58-17I-7 to 58-17I-11, inclusive, and is required to be included in the register. For each grievance the register shall contain the following information:\n(1) A general description of the reason for the grievance;\n(2) The date received;\n(3) The date of each review or, if applicable, review meeting;\n(4) Resolution at each level of the grievance, if applicable;\n(5) Date of resolution at each level, if applicable; and\n(6) Name of the covered person for whom the grievance was filed.\nThe register shall be maintained in a manner that is reasonably clear and accessible to the director. A health carrier shall retain the register compiled for a calendar year for five years.\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Note: SL 2012, ch 239, § 1 provides: \"The provisions of chapter 219 of the 2011 Session Laws shall be deemed repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.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 58-17I. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/58-17I-4","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"766948a9ca3d711f26344a1527045032068c45e81dd96d5f9c194dd228719bea","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17i-3","next":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17i-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}