An insurance company, nonprofit health service corporation, or health maintenance organization may not deliver, issue, execute, or renew any health insurance policy, health service contract, or evidence of coverage on an individual, group, blanket, or franchise basis unless the policy, contract, or evidence of insurance provides the benefit provisions of the federal Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 [Pub. L. 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-337; 42 U.S.C. §§ 300gg-6]. This section does not apply to individual or group supplemental, specified disease, long-term care, or other limited benefit policies.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 26.1-36-09.11

  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49