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Dear Mr. Gegenheimer:

Our office is in receipt of your request for an Attorney General's opinion regarding insurance coverage for the clerk of court's office. Specifically, you have requested an opinion on the following question:

Can a clerk of court contract with a health maintenance organization (HMO) to obtain group life, health, hospital, surgical or other medical expense to cover the clerk of court and his employees, if the HMO has been issued a certificate of authority by the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner's office to do business in the State of Louisiana as a licensed health…