NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 1126
HOUSE BILL 1476

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 58-251.3 RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN UNDER GROUP ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES, MEDICAL SERVICE POLICIES AND HEALTH SERVICE POLICIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 58-251.3, as the same appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement to the 1965 Replacement Volume 2B, is hereby amended by inserting in the first line thereof immediately following the word "individual" and immediately preceding the word "accident" the words "or group".
Sec. 2.  This act shall apply to medical service plan policies and hospital service plan policies issued under the provisions of Chapter 57 as fully as the same applies to accident and health policies issued under Chapter 58 of the General Statutes.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.