PART VI. REQUIRED PROVISIONS AND BENEFITS

 

§432:1-601  Contract limitations formentally retarded and handicapped children.  All individual and grouphospital or medical service plan contracts, delivered or issued for delivery inthis State after May 8, 1968, which provide that coverage of a dependent childshall terminate upon attainment of the limiting age for dependent childrenspecified in the contract shall also provide in substance that attainment ofsuch limiting age shall not operate to terminate the coverage of such childwhile the child is and continues to be both (1) incapable of self-sustainingemployment by reason of mental retardation or physical handicap, and (2)chiefly dependent upon the policyholder, subscriber or employee as the case maybe, for support and maintenance, provided proof of such incapacity anddependency is furnished to the hospital service or medical indemnityassociation by the policyholder, subscriber or employee within thirty-one daysof the child's attainment of the limiting age and subsequently as may berequired by such association. [L 1987, c 347, pt of §2]