Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                         CHAPTER 95-S.F.No. 231 
           An act relating to insurance; accident and health; 
          defining full-time students for purposes of dependent 
          coverage; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
          Statutes, chapter 62A. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [62A.301] [COVERAGE FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS.] 
    If an insurer provides individual or group accident and 
health coverage for dependents after what otherwise would be the 
limiting age based on full-time student status the insurer must 
include in its definition of full-time student, any student who 
by reason of illness, injury, or physical or mental disability 
as documented by a physician is unable to carry what the 
educational institution considers a full-time course load so 
long as the student's course load is at least 60 percent of what 
otherwise is considered by the institution to be a full-time 
course load. 
    For purposes of this section, "insurer" means an insurer 
providing accident and health insurance regulated under this 
chapter, a nonprofit health service plan corporation regulated 
under chapter 62C, a health maintenance organization regulated 
under chapter 62D, or a fraternal benefit society regulated 
under chapter 64B. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective August 1, 1991, and applies to 
policies, contracts, plans, or certificates of health and 
accident coverage issued or renewed by insurers on or after that 
date. 
    Presented to the governor May 14, 1991 
    Signed by the governor May 17, 1991, 11:18 a.m.