1. Application. This section applies to all group and blanket medical insurance policies issued by nonprofit hospital or medical service organizations, insurers or health maintenance organizations except hospital indemnity, accidental injury, specified disease and long-term care policies.

[PL 2009, c. 244, Pt. E, §1 (NEW).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2834-C

  • health insurance: means insurance of human beings against bodily injury, disablement or death by accident or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or against disablement or expense resulting from sickness, and every insurance appertaining thereto, including provision for the mental and emotional welfare of human beings by defraying the costs of legal services only to the extent provided for in chapter 38. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 704
2. Requirement. Policies subject to this section must comply with the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, Section 311 concerning special enrollment periods in case of termination of coverage under a Medicaid plan or a state child health plan or eligibility for assistance in the purchase of employment-based coverage.

[PL 2009, c. 244, Pt. E, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2009, c. 244, Pt. E, §1 (NEW).