Notwithstanding any provision of a policy or contract of group health insurance, hereafter delivered or issued for delivery in this State, whenever such a policy or contract provides for reimbursement for any optometric service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist, a person covered under such group health policy or contract shall be entitled to reimbursement for such service, whether the said service is performed by a physician or duly licensed optometrist.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 17B:27-51
Reimbursement for optometric service
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).
L.1971, c. 144, s. 17B:27-51.
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