Tennessee Code 56-7-2323 – Reduction of benefits for school insurance benefits prohibited
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-7-2323
- 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.
- 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
No group policy of accident and sickness insurance offered for sale in this state shall be issued or renewed by any insurer or hospital service corporation or medical service corporation transacting business in this state that, by the terms of the policy, excludes or reduces the benefits payable or services to be rendered to or on behalf of any insured because benefits have been paid or are also payable under any blanket group or franchise school accident policy regardless of who makes the premium contribution, or under any individually underwritten and individually issued contract or plan of insurance that provides exclusively for accident and sickness benefits and for which one hundred percent (100%) of the premiums have been paid by the insured or a member of the insured’s family or the insured’s guardian, regardless of the mode or channel of premium payment to the insurer or of any discount received on the premium by virtue of the insured’s membership in any organization or of the insured’s status as an employee.