33-22-242. Waiver of preexisting condition exclusion -- exclusion prohibited. (1) A health care insurer shall waive any time period applicable to a preexisting condition exclusion or limitation period with respect to particular services in an individual health benefit plan for the period of time that an individual was previously covered by qualifying previous coverage that provided benefits with respect to those services, if the qualifying previous coverage was continuous to a date not more than 30 days prior to the date of application for new coverage.
     (2) A health care insurer that offers individual health insurance coverage to a federally defined eligible individual may not impose a preexisting condition exclusion with respect to that coverage.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 527, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 416, L. 1997.