449.2475 - Unlicensed insurer not allowed to make payment directly to person who received services in certain circumstances; limitation on civil and criminal liability. - Nevada Statutes

449.2475  Unlicensed insurer not allowed to make payment directly to person who received services in certain circumstances; limitation on civil and criminal liability.

      1.  An insurer that is not licensed in this State pursuant to title 57 of NRS and that is obligated to pay benefits for services provided to a person by a hospital or other provider of health care, or to reimburse a person for the costs of such services, shall not make the payment directly to the person if an itemized statement for the services is submitted to the insurer which clearly indicates that the right of the person to those benefits has been assigned to the hospital or other provider of health care.

      2.  The provisions of this section do not create grounds for civil or criminal liability.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 734)