760 IAC 2-20-35 Minimum benefit standards for qualifying policies, certificates, and riders

Sec. 35. No long term care insurance policy, certificate, or rider may be advertised, solicited, or issued for delivery in this state as a qualified long term care insurance policy, certificate, or rider that does not meet the minimum benefit standards in this section and that has not been approved by the commissioner of the department of insurance as a qualified long term care insurance policy, certificate, or rider. These minimum standards do not preclude the inclusion of other provisions or benefits which are not inconsistent with these standards. These standards are in addition to all other requirements of this article. In order to qualify for participation in the Indiana long term care program, a long term care insurance policy, certificate, or rider shall meet the following: (1) Provide that maximum benefits be available in dollars and not in days of care. (2) Include a provision of inflation protection that satisfies at least one (1) of the following criteria: (A) The policy or certificate covers at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the average daily private pay rate. (B) The policy or certificate provides for automatic increases in the per diem dollar level in accordance with either the consumer price index or at five percent (5%) each year over the previous year for each year that the contract is in force. (C) For policyholders or certificate holders seventy-five (75) years of age or greater at time of purchase, the policy or certificate provides for automatic increases in the per diem dollar level at five percent (5%) each year that the contract is in force. (3) Provide that the unused maximum benefit amount of the policy, certificate, or rider increase proportionately with the inflation protection requirements of subdivision (2).