(b) Pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the commissioner may promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section, and such rules shall conform, as far as practicable, to the provisions of article fifteen (Accident and Sickness Insurance) and article sixteen (Group Accident and Sickness Insurance) of this chapter.
(1) For any certificate or other evidence of coverage issued before the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, and for any certificate or other evidence of coverage under a health benefit plan issued on or after the first day ofJuly, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, other than in connection with a group health plan, where the commissioner deems inapplicable, either in part or in their entirety, the provisions of articles fifteen or sixteen of this chapter, the commissioner may prescribe the portions or summary thereof of the contract to be printed on the certificate issued to the member. For purposes of this subsection, the terms "group health plan" and "health benefit plan" have the meanings set forth in section one-a, article sixteen of this chapter.
(2) For any certificate or other evidence of individual coverage issued or renewed on or after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, the society shall comply with all provisions of article fifteen of this chapter. For any certificate or other evidence of coverage under a health benefit plan issued in connection with a group health plan on or after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, the society shall comply with all provisions of article sixteen of this chapter, and for a health benefit plan issued to a small employer, as defined in section two, article sixteen-d of this chapter, with all provisions of article sixteen-d of this chapter.
(c) Any filing made hereunder shall be deemed approved unless disapproved within sixty days from the date of such filing.