689B.130 - Conversion privilege available to spouse and children; conditions.

689B.130  Conversion privilege available to spouse and children; conditions.  Subject to the conditions set forth in NRS 689B.120 to 689B.210, inclusive, the conversion privilege must also be made available:

      1.  To the surviving spouse, if any, upon the death of the employee or member, with respect to the spouse and any child whose coverage under the group policy is terminated by reason of the death, or if there is no surviving spouse, to each surviving child whose coverage under the group policy terminates by reason of the death, or, if the group policy provides for continuation of dependents’ coverage following the employee’s or member’s death, at the end of the continued coverage;

      2.  To the spouse of the employee or member upon termination of coverage of the spouse while the employee or member remains insured under the group policy, if the spouse ceases to be a qualified family member under the group policy, and to any child whose coverage under the group policy terminates at the same time; or

      3.  To a child solely with respect to the child upon termination of the child’s coverage because the child ceases to be a qualified family member under the group policy, if a conversion privilege is not otherwise provided with respect to the termination.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1086; A 2001, 2223)