| This bill requires an insurer to pay health care providers for |
| health care services within 30 days of submission of a claim. |
| The bill permits one exception to this 30-day payment |
| requirement: When the insurer provides written notice that a |
| claim is controverted, the health care provider need not be paid |
| within 30 days for health care services within the scope of the |
| controverted claim provided after receipt of the notice. The |
| bill also requires that an insurer pay for these additional |
| health care services and any legal expenses incurred by the |
| insured in pursuit of payment of the controverted claim, when it |
| is determined that the insurer is obligated to pay the |
| controverted claim. |
