2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 83 - INSURANCE
Chapter 41 - Hospital and Medical Service Associations and Contracts.
83-41-207 - Group hospital and medical expense contracts and policies shall provide for continuation of coverage for physically handicapped and mentally retarded persons.

§ 83-41-207. Group hospital and medical expense contracts and policies shall provide for continuation of coverage for physically handicapped and mentally retarded persons.
 

Any group hospital or medical service plan contract or any group hospital or medical expense insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state after September 12, 1972, which provides that coverage of a dependent child of an employee, insured party, or other member of the covered group shall terminate upon attainment of the limiting age for dependent children specified in the contract or policy, shall also provide in substance that attainment of such limiting age shall not operate to terminate the coverage of such child while the child is and continues to be both (a) incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental retardation or physical handicap, and (b) chiefly dependent upon the employee, insured party, or member for support and maintenance, provided proof of such incapacity and dependency is furnished to the hospital or medical service plan corporation or insurer by the employee, insured party, or member within thirty-one (31) days of the child's attainment of the limiting age and subsequently as may be required by the corporation or insurer, but not more frequently than annually after the two-year period following the child's attainment of the limiting age. 
 

Any insurer or hospital service plan corporation continuing dependent coverage beyond the limiting age for dependent children as prescribed by this section, shall have the right to charge the standard adult premium for such coverage. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, §§ 5615-52, 5615-53; Laws,  1972, ch. 499, §§ 2, 3, eff from and after passage (approved May 15, 1972).