Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, no policy of accident and sickness insurance may be entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 1974, if the policy by way of exclusion, definition, or otherwise denies coverage to an insured undergoing care and treatment in a facility for the care and treatment of persons with mental illness or intellectual disability, based upon the fact that the facility does not have organized facilities for operative surgery, if, in fact, the facility in question has, at the time a claim arises, a bona fide arrangement, by contract or otherwise, with an accredited hospital to perform the surgical procedures as may be required by the facility for persons with mental illness or intellectual disability.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-7-2503
Accident and sickness — Denial of coverage for persons with mental illness or intellectual disabilities for lack of surgical facilities prohibited
Known as the Tennessee Insurance Law
The act spans §§ 56-10-101 to 56-8-206 (1,220 sections).
Acts 1974, ch. 625, § 1; T.C.A., § 56-1168; Acts 1992, ch. 984, § 3; T.C.A., § 56-7-1004; Acts 2011, ch. 158, § 29.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.