17B:27-46.4 - Payment for second surgical opinion services - New Jersey Statutes

17B:27-46.4.  Payment for second surgical opinion services
    A second surgical opinion program shall provide for payment for the second surgical opinion services of an eligible physician and for essential laboratory  and X-ray services incidental thereto, either as a benefit under the group  policy or, at the insurer's option, by a separate arrangement with the group  policyholder.  The program may be limited to eligible physicians who have  agreed to participate in the insurer's second surgical opinion program.  If the  benefits are provided by the group insurance policy, the amount shall be  reasonably related to amounts payable under the group policy for covered  surgical procedures.

     L.1979, c. 329, s. 3.