§ 22:1056 — Health insurance coverage for incarcerated individuals

§1056. Health insurance coverage for incarcerated individuals
A. Beginning January 1, 2019, every hospital, health, or medical expense insurance
policy, hospital or medical service contract, employee welfare benefit plan, health and
accident insurance policy, every policy of group, family group, blanket, or association health
and accident insurance, and every self-insurance plan, health maintenance organization plan,
and preferred provider organization plan, except for the Office of Group Benefits, delivered
or issued for delivery in this state shall provide benefits for health care to the insured if he
is detained in a correctional facility and has not been adjudicated or convicted of a criminal
offense. Nothing herein shall alter any of the terms and conditions of the applicable coverage
which shall remain applicable to all such services provided.
B. The provisions of this Section shall apply only if the detainee has valid health care
coverage in effect at the time medical treatment is received and any premiums for such
coverage are current.
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all existing hospital, health, or
medical expense insurance policies, hospital or medical service contracts, employee welfare
benefit plans, health and accident insurance policies, policies of group, family group, blanket,
or association health and accident insurance, self-insurance plans, health maintenance
organizations, and preferred provider organization policies, plans, and certificates in effect
on January 1, 2019, and upon their renewal.

Legislative History

Acts 2018, No. 20, §1.