Tennessee Code 56-7-2351 – Pregnancy and maternity benefits – Termination of coverage
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-7-2351
- 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: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
Any individual and group health insurance policy providing coverage on an expense incurred basis or any individual and group service or indemnity type contract issued by a nonprofit corporation or the TennCare program that provides coverage for pregnancy and/or maternity benefits may not be cancelled or terminated due to pregnancy of an enrollee in the plan. If and only if a person or the person’s spouse is pregnant at the time the health insurance coverage is initially purchased, then at the time of the purchase, pregnancy and/or maternity benefits for the current pregnancy may be denied as a preexisting condition. This section shall apply to any person who should have been entitled to coverage for the benefits on or after January 1, 1996.