---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:22:1181
citation: "R.S. 22:1181"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 22 › Chapter 4 › Part III › Subpart I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1989, number: 448, section: 1, effective_date: 1989-09-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1997, number: 308, section: 1, effective_date: 1997-06-17, role: amendment }
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# Purpose

The purposes of this Subpart are: to promote the public interest; to promote the availability of long-term care insurance policies, or certificate if a group; to protect applicants for long-term care insurance, as defined, from unfair or deceptive sales or enrollment practices; to establish standards for long-term care insurance; to facilitate public understanding and comparison of long-term care insurance policies; and to facilitate flexibility and innovation in the development of long-term care insurance coverage.