695B.189 - Continuation of coverage under group contract: Required provision.

695B.189  Continuation of coverage under group contract: Required provision.  A group contract issued by a corporation under the provisions of this chapter must contain a provision which permits the continuation of coverage pursuant to the provisions of NRS 689B.245 to 689B.249, inclusive, and 689B.340 to 689B.590, inclusive, and chapter 689C of NRS relating to the portability and availability of health insurance.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 2235; A 1997, 2955)

      NRS 695B.190  Family contracts.  Family hospital or family medical or dental service contracts may be issued to a family consisting of an individual and one or more persons dependent upon the individual, or of one or more persons dependent upon an individual, and may include a spouse of the individual, whether or not dependent upon the individual. Such contracts shall contain a provision to the effect that to the family originally covered may be added from time to time all new members of the family group eligible for coverage and that the head of the family shall give the corporation notice of the addition to the family of any person eligible for coverage under the contracts.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 1870)