(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any individual, franchise, blanket or group policy issued pursuant to this title or any medical service plan, contract, hospital service corporation contract, hospital and medical service contract, fraternal benefit society or health maintenance organization that provides hospital expense insurance, surgical expense insurance, medical or major medical services insurance and that is entered into, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed, excepting individual insurance policy renewal, by agreement or otherwise, beginning January 1, 1994, shall provide benefits for minor children who are by court order in the custody of a guardian who is a resident of this state covered under any such policy or plan issued to or on behalf of the guardian, unless the policy or plan specifically excludes or reduces the benefits.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-7-2347
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.
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) This section shall not apply to policies that provide only hospital indemnity benefits or to policies that provide only benefits for specified accidents or specified diseases.(c) Any increase in expenditure requirements on a municipality or a county resulting from this section shall be appropriated from funds that the municipality or county receives from the state-shared taxes that are not earmarked by statute for a particular purpose.
