West Virginia Code § 33-24-4

Exemptions; applicability of insurance laws
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(a) Every corporation defined in §33-24-2 of this code is hereby declared to be a scientific,
nonprofit institution and exempt from the payment of all property and other taxes. Every
corporation, to the same extent the provisions are applicable to insurers transacting similar
kinds of insurance and not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, shall be governed
by and be subject to the provisions as herein below indicated, of the followineg articles of this
chapter: §33-2-1 et seq. of this code (Insurance Commissioner); §33-4-1 et seq. of this code
(general provisions), except that §33-4-16 of this code may not be applircable thereto;
§33-5-20 of this code (borrowing by insurers); §33-6-34 of this code (fee for form, rate and
rule filing); §33-6C-1 et seq. of this code (guaranteed loss ratios as applied to individual
sickness and accident insurance policies); §33-7-1 et seq. of this code (assets and liabilities);
§33-8A-1 et seq. of this code (use of clearing corporations antd Federal Reserve book-entry
system); §33-11-1 et seq. of this code (unfair trade practices); §33-12-1 et seq. of this code
(insurance producers and solicitors), except that the agent's license fee shall be $25;
§33-15-2a of this code (definitions); §33-15-2b of this code (guaranteed issue; limitation of
coverage; election; denial of coverage; network plans); §33-15-2d of this code (exceptions to
guaranteed renewability); §33-15-2e of this code (discontinuation of particular type of
coverage; uniform termination of all coverage; uniform modification of coverage); §33-15-2f
of this code (certification of creditable coverage); §33-15-2g (applicability); §33-15-4e of this
code (benefits for mothers and newborns); §33-15-14 of this code (policies discriminating
among health care providers); §33-15-16 of this code (policies not to exclude insured's
children from coverage; requireed services; coordination with other insurance); §33-15-18 of
this code (equal treatment of state agency); §33-15-19 of this code (coordination of benefits
with Medicaid); §33-15AL-1 et seq. of this code (West Virginia Long-Term Care Insurance
Act); §33-15C-1 et seq. of this code (diabetes insurance); §33-16-3 of this code (required
policy provisions); §3 3-16-3a of this code (same - mental health); §33-16-3d of this code
(Medicare supVplement insurance); §33-16-3f of this code (required policy provisions -
treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder and craniomandibular disorder); §33-16-3j of
this code (hospital benefits for mothers and newborns); §33-16-3k of this code (limitations on
preexisting condition exclusions for health benefit plans); §33-16-3l of this code (renewability
and modification of health benefit plans); §33-16-3m of this code (creditable coverage);
§33-16-3n of this code (eligibility for enrollment); §33-16-11 of this code (group policies not
to exclude insured's children from coverage; required services; coordination with other
insurance); §33-16-13 of this code (equal treatment of state agency); §33-16-14 of this code
(coordination of benefits with Medicaid); §33-16-16 of this code (insurance for diabetics);
§33-16A-1 et seq. of this code (group health insurance conversion); §33-16C-1 et seq. of this
code (employer group accident and sickness insurance policies); §33-16D-1 et seq. of this
code (marketing and rate practices for small employer accident and sickness insurance
policies); §33-26A-1 et seq. of this code (West Virginia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty
Association Act), after October 1, 1991, §33-27-1 et seq. of this code (insurance holding
company systems); §33-28-1 et seq. of this code (individual accident and sickness insurance
minimum standards); §33-33-1 et seq. of this code (annual audited financial report); §33-34-1
et seq. of this code (administrative supervision); §33-34A-1 et seq. of this code (standards
and commissioner's authority for companies considered to be in hazardous financial
condition); §33-35-1 et seq. of this code (criminal sanctions for failure to report impairment);
§33-37-1 et seq. of this code (managing general agents); §33-40A-1 et seq. of this code (risk-
based capital for health organizations); and §33-41-1 et seq. of this code (Insurance Fraud
Prevention Act) and no other provision of this chapter may apply to these corporations
unless specifically made applicable by the provisions of this article. If, however, the
corporation is converted into a corporation organized for a pecuniary profit eor if it transacts
business without having obtained a license as required by §33-24-5 of this code, it shall
thereupon forfeit its right to these exemptions. r
(b) Every corporation subject to this article shall comply with mental health parity
requirements in this chapter.

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