Section 58-17-30.3 - Premature birth and congenital defects covered--Applicability.
58-17-30.3. Premature birth and congenital defects covered--Applicability. The coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth or for a newly adopted child, from the beginning of the six-month adoption bonding period, shall consist of coverage of injury or sickness including the necessary care and treatment of premature birth and medically diagnosed congenital defects and birth abnormalities. The coverage required by this section applies to any subsequent health benefit plan that is purchased providing coverage for that newly born or newly adopted child if application for the subsequent coverage is made within sixty-three days of the termination of the prior coverage and if the coverage is issued pursuant to § 58-17-85. The provisions of §§ 58-17-30.2 to 58-17-30.4, inclusive, apply to any individually written health benefit plan issued or renewed by any health insurer, health carrier, health maintenance organization, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit medical and surgical plan, nonprofit hospital service plan, or other entity providing coverage through a health benefit plan subject to the provisions of this title.
Source: SL 1974, ch 322; SL 1976, ch 313, § 2; SL 1983, ch 375, § 2; SL 1984, ch 327, § 13; SL 2001, ch 274, § 1.