Title 33, Title 33

(1) There may be a provision as follows: "Other Insurance in This Insurer: If an accident or sickness or accident and sickness policy or policies previously issued by the insurer to the insured are in force concurrently with this policy, making the aggregate indemnity for .... (i…

(1) There may be a provision as follows: "Insurance with Other Insurers: If there be other valid coverage, not with this insurer, providing benefits for the same loss on a provision of service basis or on an expense incurred basis and of which this insurer has not been given writ…

(1) There may be a provision as follows: "Insurance with Other Insurers: If there be other valid coverage, not with this insurer, providing benefits for the same loss on other than an expense incurred basis and of which this insurer has not been given written notice prior to the …

(1) There may be a provision as follows: "Relation of Earnings to Insurance: If the total monthly amount of loss-of-time benefits promised for the same loss under all valid loss-of-time coverage upon the insured, whether payable on a weekly or monthly basis, exceeds the monthly e…

There may be a provision as follows: "Unpaid Premiums: Upon the payment of a claim under this policy, any premium then due and unpaid or covered by any note or written order may be deducted therefrom."

There must be a provision or the equivalent thereto as follows: "Conformity with Montana statutes: The provisions of this policy conform to the minimum requirements of Montana law and control over any conflicting statutes of any state in which the insured resides on or after the …

There may be a provision as follows: "Illegal Occupation: The insurer shall not be liable for any loss to which a contributing cause was the insured's commission of or attempt to commit a felony or to which a contributing cause was the insured's being engaged in an illegal occupa…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), disability insurance policies, other than accident insurance only policies, in which the insurer reserves the right to refuse renewal must provide the statement in a policy provision, an endorsement, or an attached rider. The statement mu…

As used in 33-22-242 and 33-22-243, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Block of business" means an individual disability insurance policy certificate or contract filed and approved by the commissioner pursuant to 33-1-501 and written and…

(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 previ…

(1) A health care insurer may increase the health benefit plan charges for an individual policy, certificate, or contract previously issued by that insurer because of a change in the attained age of the insured. Increases in premium, certificate, or contract charges for individua…

(1) In order to provide for full and fair disclosure in the sale of disability insurance, an individual disability insurance policy may not be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless an outline of coverage is filed with and approved by the insurance commissioner in …

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a health insurance issuer offering individual health insurance coverage may not exclude coverage for a preexisting condition unless: (a) medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended to or received by the participant or be…

(1) Except as provided in this section, a health insurance issuer that provides individual health insurance coverage to an individual shall renew or continue the coverage in force at the option of the individual. (2) A health insurance issuer may nonrenew or discontinue health in…

(1) Each policy of disability insurance or certificate issued must contain a provision granting immediate accident and sickness coverage, from and after the moment of birth, to each newborn infant of any insured. (2) The coverage for newborn infants must be the same as provided b…

(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), if any disability policy contains a provision establishing, as an age limit or otherwise, a date after which the coverage provided by the policy will not be effective and if that date falls within a period for which premium is acce…

(1) Each medical expense policy of disability insurance or certificate issued under the policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in this state by a disability insurer and that provides coverage for a family member of the insured or subscriber …

(1) An individual hospital or medical expense insurance policy or hospital or medical service plan contract delivered or issued for delivery in this state that provides that coverage of a dependent child terminates upon attainment of the limiting age for dependent children specif…

Sections 33-22-305 through 33-22-311 may be cited as the "Individual Family Disability Insurance Continuity of Coverage Act".

The purpose of 33-22-305 through 33-22-311 is to provide for the right of covered family members under individual family disability insurance policies to continuity of coverage upon the death of the named insured, the divorce, annulment of marriage, or legal separation of the spo…

(1) Subject to the requirements of 33-22-305 through 33-22-311 and on the date specified in the policy under which coverage otherwise terminates because of the death of the named insured or for any other reason specified in 33-22-306, as to covered family members, other than for …

(1) Coverage continued through the issuance of a converted policy shall consist of the form of coverage then being offered by the carrier as a conversion policy in the jurisdiction where the person exercising the conversion right resides that most nearly approximates the coverage…

The eligible covered family member exercising the continuation or conversion right must notify the carrier and make payment of the applicable premium within 31 days following the date such coverage otherwise terminates as specified in the policy or contract from which continuatio…

Benefits otherwise payable under a converted policy may be reduced: (1) so they are not, during the first policy year of the converted policy, in excess of those benefits that would have been payable had the coverage under the policy from which conversion is exercised not termina…

The carrier is not required to issue a converted policy if at the time of application the applicant: (1) (a) has coverage under other disability insurance policies, health service corporation contracts, or self-insured health benefit plans providing similar benefits; (b) is eligi…

(1) Each individual policy of disability insurance or certificate issued that contains coverage for prescription drugs must limit the insured's required copayment or other cost-sharing requirement to $35 for up to a 30-day supply of insulin, regardless of the amount or type of in…

(1) Each individual policy, certificate of insurance, and membership contract that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in this state must provide coverage for outpatient self-management training and education for the treatment of diabetes. Any educat…

Group disability insurance is that form of disability insurance covering groups of persons as defined in this section, with or without one or more members of their families or one or more of their dependents, or covering one or more members of the families or one or more dependen…

Each group disability insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state must contain in substance the following provisions: (1) a provision that, in the absence of fraud, all statements made by applicants or the policyholder or by an insured person must be considere…

Any group disability policy which contains provisions for the payment by the insurer of benefits for expenses incurred on account of hospital, nursing, medical, or surgical services for members of the family or dependents of a person in the insured group may provide for the conti…

(1) A group disability policy or certificate of insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this state may not be issued or amended in this state if it contains any disclaimer, waiver, preexisting condition exclusion, or other limitation of coverage relative to the accident and…

Any group disability policy may on request by the group policyholder provide that all or any portion of any indemnities provided by any such policy on account of hospital, nursing, medical, or surgical services may, at the insurer's option, be paid directly to the hospital or per…

(1) A group hospital or medical expense insurance policy or hospital or medical service plan contract delivered or issued for delivery in this state that provides that coverage of a dependent child of an employee or other member of the covered group terminates upon attainment of …

A person covered by a group disability insurance policy issued or renewed after October 1, 1981, under 33-22-501(1) may, for a period of 1 year, with the consent of the employer or the trustees, continue coverage under group disability policy during the person's employment notwit…

(1) A group disability insurance policy or certificate of insurance must contain a provision that if the insurance or any portion of the insurance on a person or the person's dependents or family members covered under the policy ceases because of termination of the person's membe…

The converted policy may not exclude, as a preexisting condition, any conditions covered by the group contract, including pregnancy of the insured or the insured's spouse or dependents covered by the group contract at the time of conversion.

Subject to the conditions set forth in this section, the conversion privilege is also available: (1) to the surviving spouse, if any, at the death of the employee or member, with respect to the spouse and children whose coverage under the group policy terminates by reason of the …

Notwithstanding any provision of Title 33 or other law to the contrary, it shall be lawful for an insurer and insured to agree to any terms in an insurance contract that provides more favorable terms for the benefit of the insured than authorized in Title 33 or other provisions o…

(1) Each group disability policy or certificate of insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in this state by a disability insurer and that provides coverage for a family member of the insured or subscriber must provide coverage for well-chi…

An individual who purchases a policy of insurance under 33-22-508 ceases to be eligible for a conversion policy if the individual insured by the policy: (1) fails to pay the premium on the policy purchased under 33-22-508; or (2) enrolls under another major medical disability ins…

(1) A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage may not exclude coverage for a preexisting condition unless: (a) medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received by the participant or beneficiary within the 6-…

(1) Each group disability policy, certificate of insurance, or membership contract that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in this state must provide coverage for diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders for a covered child 18 years of a…

(1) In order to provide for full and fair disclosure in the sale of disability insurance, a group disability insurance policy may not be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless an outline of coverage is filed with and approved by the insurance commissioner in accord…

(1) A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan shall permit an employee or a dependent of an employee who is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under the terms of the group health plan to…

(1) Except as provided in this section, if a health insurance issuer offers health insurance coverage in the small group market or large group market in connection with a group health plan, the health insurance issuer shall renew or continue the coverage in force at the option of…

A group health plan that is a multiple employer welfare arrangement, as defined by 29 U.S.C. 1002, may not deny an employer whose employees are covered under the group health plan continued access to the same or different coverage under the terms of the group health plan other th…