Any insurer issuing an individual insurance policy in accordance with chapter 26 of Title 17B of the New Jersey Statutes which provides coverage of surgical operations performed on a person while confined in a hospital as an inpatient shall make available under the policy benefits for a second surgical opinion for elective surgical procedures which would require inpatient admission to a hospital.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 17B:26-2.3
Policy benefits for second surgical opinion
Known as the New Jersey Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act
The act spans §§ 17B:17-1 to 17B:37-9 (1,003 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran (2002)
Most recently applied in Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran (June 2002)
L.1979, c. 328, s. 2.
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