New Jersey Statutes 26:2S-6.2. Waiver of health insurance copayments for certain active duty military and their families
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2S-6.2
- 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
- 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
1. a. Notwithstanding any other law or contract provision to the contrary, if a covered person is a member of the military serving on active duty, or a family member of the covered person on active duty, who is also a covered person under the health benefits plan, a primary care physician or an advanced practice nurse may waive that covered person’s copayment that would otherwise be collected as payment for treatment by the primary care physician or the advanced practice nurse for a covered service pursuant to a participating provider contract between the primary care physician or the advanced practice nurse and a carrier providing a health benefits plan.
b. For the purposes of this section, “carrier” shall include, in addition to an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or health maintenance organization authorized to issue health benefits plans in this State, the State Health Benefits Commission and the School Employees’ Health Benefits Commission.
L.2019, c.111, s.1.