Every group plan entered into, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 1977, which provides hospital, medical, or surgical expense benefits for employees or subscribers and their dependents, and which contains provisions granting the employee or subscriber the right to convert the coverage in the event of termination of employment or membership, shall include in such conversion provisions the same conversion rights and conditions to a covered dependent spouse of the employee or subscriber in the event the covered dependent spouse ceases to be a qualified family member by reason of termination of marriage or death of the employee or subscriber. Such conversion rights shall not require a physical examination or a statement of health.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1173.)
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