56-7-2351 - Pregnancy and maternity benefits Termination of coverage. - Tennessee Statutes

56-7-2351. Pregnancy and maternity benefits Termination of coverage.

Any individual and group health insurance policy providing coverage on an expense incurred basis or any individual and group service or indemnity type contract issued by a nonprofit corporation or the TennCare program that provides coverage for pregnancy and/or maternity benefits may not be cancelled or terminated due to pregnancy of an enrollee in the plan. If and only if a person or the person's spouse is pregnant at the time the health insurance coverage is initially purchased, then at the time of the purchase, pregnancy and/or maternity benefits for the current pregnancy may be denied as a pre-existing condition. This section shall apply to any person who should have been entitled to coverage for the benefits on or after January 1, 1996.

[Acts 1996, ch. 964, § 2.]