(1) A health carrier shall maintain in a grievance register written records to document all grievances received during a calendar year. A request for a review of an adverse determination shall be processed in compliance with section 44-7308 but not considered a grievance for purposes of the grievance register unless such request includes a written grievance. For each grievance required to be recorded in the grievance register, the grievance register shall contain, at a minimum, the following information: (a) A general description of the reason for the grievance; (b) Date received; (c) Date of each review or hearing; (d) Resolution of the grievance; (e) Date of resolution; and (f) Name of the covered person for whom the grievance was filed. (2) The grievance register shall be maintained in a manner that is reasonably clear and accessible to the director. A grievance register maintained by a health maintenance organization shall also be accessible to the Department of Health and Human Services. (3) A health carrier shall retain the grievance register compiled for a calendar year for the longer of three years or until the director has adopted a final report of an examination that contains a review of the grievance register for that calendar year.
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