Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17B:27A-19.6

  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
7. No small employer health benefits plan subject to the provisions of P.L.1992, c.162 (C. 17B:27A-17 et seq.) shall be delivered, issued, executed or renewed in this State, or approved for issuance or renewal in this State on or after the effective date of this act, unless the health benefits plan provides benefits to each person covered thereunder for expenses incurred in the therapeutic treatment of inherited metabolic diseases, including the purchase of medical foods and low protein modified food products, when diagnosed and determined to be medically necessary by the covered person’s physician.

For the purposes of this section, “inherited metabolic disease” means a disease caused by an inherited abnormality of body chemistry for which testing is mandated pursuant to P.L.1977, c.321 (C. 26:2-110 et seq.); “low protein modified food product” means a food product that is specially formulated to have less than one gram of protein per serving and is intended to be used under the direction of a physician for the dietary treatment of an inherited metabolic disease, but does not include a natural food that is naturally low in protein; and “medical food” means a food that is intended for the dietary treatment of a disease or condition for which nutritional requirements are established by medical evaluation and is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under direction of a physician.

The benefits shall be provided to the same extent as for any other medical condition under the health benefits plan.

The provisions of this section shall apply to all health benefits plans in which the carrier has reserved the right to change the premium.

L.1997,c.338,s.7.

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