New Jersey Statutes 17:48E-35.2. Health service corporation insurance benefits for preexisting condition
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:48E-35.2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
3. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no group health insurance contract issued by a health service corporation pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1985, c.236 (C. 17:48E-1 et seq.), shall contain any provision which denies benefits for a preexisting condition to any person becoming a member of that group. A health service corporation shall not include a preexisting condition as a factor in calculating the premium.
b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to operate to add any benefit, to increase the scope of any benefit, or to increase any benefit level under any group contract.
c. This section shall apply to every group contract or policy in which the corporation or insurer has the right to change the premium.
L.1989, c.63, s.3; amended 2019, c.353, s.3.