§ 58-51-81. Group accident and health insurance for public school students. - North Carolina Statutes

§58‑51‑81.  Group accident and health insurance for public schoolstudents.

(a)        NotwithstandingG.S. 58‑51‑80, a policy of group accident, health, or accident andhealth insurance may be delivered or issued to a local board of education or toany of its schools, as policyholder, covering only students for amounts ofinsurance based upon some plan that will preclude individual selection. Thepremium may be paid by the board, jointly by the board and the students or anyother persons on behalf of the students, or by the students and any otherpersons on behalf of the students. In addition to the authority granted in G.S.115C‑47(6), any board may establish fees for the payment of premiums byor on behalf of the covered students.

(b)        Entities subject toArticles 65 and 67 of this Chapter may provide their products in the samemanner described in subsection (a) of this section. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c.716, s. 1.)