513C.2 - PURPOSE.

        513C.2  PURPOSE.         The purpose and intent of this chapter is to promote the      availability of health insurance coverage to individuals regardless      of their health status or claims experience, to prevent abusive      rating practices, to require disclosure of rating practices to      purchasers, to establish rules regarding the renewal of coverage, to      establish limitations on the use of preexisting condition exclusions,      to assure fair access to health plans, and to improve the overall      fairness and efficiency of the individual health insurance market.      
         Section History: Recent Form
         95 Acts, ch 5, §4