N.J.S.A. 17:48E-35.2 — Health service corporation insurance benefits for preexisting condition.

17:48E-35.2 Health service corporation insurance benefits for preexisting condition. 3. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no group health insurance contract issued by a health service corporation pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1985, c.236 (C.17:48E-1 et seq.), shall contain any provision which denies benefits for a preexisting condition to any person becoming a member of that group. A health service corporation shall not include a preexisting condition as a factor in calculating the premium. b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to operate to add any benefit, to increase the scope of any benefit, or to increase any benefit level under any group contract. c. This section shall apply to every group contract or policy in which the corporation or insurer has the right to change the premium. L.1989, c.63, s.3; amended 2019, c.353, s.3. 17:48E-35.3. Health service corporation to pay benefits for treatment of Wilm's tumor Every group or individual health service corporation contract providing hospital or medical expense benefits shall provide benefits to any subscriber or other person covered thereunder for expenses incurred in the treatment of Wilm's tumor, including autologous bone marrow transplants when standard chemotherapy treatment is unsuccessful, notwithstanding that any such treatment may be deemed experimental or investigational. These benefits shall be provided to the same extent as for any other sickness under the contract. L.1990,c.71,s.3.

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