North Carolina General Statutes 58-65-70. Contracts to cover any person possessing the sickle cell trait or hemoglobin C trait
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No hospital service corporation governed by this Article and Article 66 of this Chapter shall do either of the following:
(1) Refuse to issue or deliver any individual or group hospital, dental, medical, vision, or health service contract in this State that provides benefits or coverage for any health care treatment or service authorized or permitted to be provided by a hospital, health care facility, or health care personnel, on account of the fact that the person who is to be insured possesses sickle cell trait or hemoglobin C trait.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 58-65-70
- 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.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Issue and deliver a policy that has a higher premium rate or charge on account of the fact that the person who is to be insured possesses sickle cell trait. (1975, c. 599, s. 2; 2021-169, s. 1.)