48.21.155 - Dependent child coverage -- From moment of birth -- Congenital anomalies -- Notification of birth. - Washington Statutes

Dependent child coverage — From moment of birth — Congenital anomalies — Notification of birth.

(1) Any group disability insurance contract except blanket disability insurance contract, providing hospital and medical expenses and health care services, renewed, delivered or issued for delivery in this state more than one hundred twenty days after February 16, 1974, which provides coverage for the dependent children of persons in the insured group, shall provide coverage for newborn infant children of persons in the insured group from and after the moment of birth. Coverage provided in accord with this section shall include, but not be limited to, coverage for congenital anomalies of such infant children from the moment of birth.

     (2) If payment of an additional premium is required to provide coverage for a child, the contract may require that notification of birth of a newly born child and payment of the required premium must be furnished to the insurer. The notification period shall be no less than sixty days from the date of birth. This subsection applies to policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 1984.

[1983 1st ex.s. c 32 § 20; 1974 ex.s. c 139 § 2.]