New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 415
Group and Blanket Accident and Health Insurance (RSA 415:18 to 415:19-c)
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Edition. NH RSA current through the 2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025 (stated on https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.aspx)
Status. NH statutes, public domain (state government edict).
What this document is
New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 415 - Group and Blanket Accident and Health Insurance (RSA 415:18 to 415:19-c) is a state statute published by www.gencourt.state.nh.us. It is one of the New Hampshire documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including new hampshire life & health practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.
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- N.H. RSA tit. XXXVII § 415:18, I-a(e) (Blanket Accident and Health Insurance; Eligible Groups)
“A travel agency, or other organization that provides travel-related services, which organization shall be deemed the policyholder and which shall cover all persons for whom travel-related services are provided. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, blanket accident and health coverage...”
- N.H. RSA tit. XXXVII § 415:18, XVI(b) (Continuation of Coverage)
“Continuation coverage shall be identical to the coverage provided to other similarly situated members of the group that are still covered by the plan. The policy shall not be changed from the underlying group coverage, except that normal premium rate increases or decreases upon renewal affecting...”
- N.H. RSA tit. XXXVII § 415:18, VII(d) (Conversion to High Risk Pool; Notice and Election)
“Each certificate holder shall have the option of electing an individual policy from the New Hampshire high risk pool under RSA 404-G, or the 39-week extension period provided pursuant to RSA 415:18, XVII. The election of the 39-week extension period upon termination by any person or member shall...”
- N.H. RSA tit. XXXVII § 415:18, I(f) (Required Group Policy Provisions; Certificates)
“A provision that the insurer shall issue to the employer or other person or association in whose name such policy is issued, for delivery to each member of the insured group, an individual certificate setting forth in summary form a statement of the essential features of the insurance coverage of...”
- N.H. RSA tit. XXXVII § 415:18, I(q) (Required Group Policy Provisions; Part-Time Employees)
“A provision that the insurer shall not exclude part-time employees and shall offer the same group health benefits to part-time employees as it offers to the employee groups of which the part-time employees would be members if they were full-time employees. The insurer shall offer to include the...”
- N.H. RSA 415:18, I(u) (Required Group Policy Provisions; pre-certification)
“(u) A provision that in the event that a person is covered by more than one plan that requires pre-certification, the member shall obtain pre-certification from the primary plan. Although the member shall not be required to obtain pre-certification from the secondary plan, the secondary plan shall...”
- N.H. RSA 415:18, II (General Group or Blanket Policy Provisions; prominence of reductions)
“II. Any portion of any policy of group or blanket accident or health insurance affecting a resident of New Hampshire, whether such policy is delivered in this state or any other state, and any certificate under such policy, which purports, by reason of the circumstances under which a loss is...”
- N.H. RSA 415:18, VII-b(a) (General Group or Blanket Policy Provisions; former spouse)
“(a) Upon a final decree of divorce or legal separation, if one spouse is a member of a group accident and health insurance policy, the former spouse who is a family member or eligible dependent under said policy prior to the date of the decree shall be and remain eligible for group benefits as a...”
- N.H. RSA 415:18, I-b (Blanket Accident and Health Insurance; assignment)
“I-b. The benefits payable under blanket accident and health insurance shall not be assigned to a health care provider.”
- N.H. RSA 415:18, XII(b) (Group coverage; enrollment and late enrollees)
“(b) Once a group policy has been issued, any person becoming eligible for coverage shall become covered by enrolling within 31 days after first becoming eligible. Any person so enrolling shall not be required to submit evidence of insurability based on medical conditions. If a person does not...”
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- N.H. RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 417 - Unfair Insurance Trade Practices (complete chapter, RSA 417:1 to 417:31)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 415 - Accident and Health Insurance, individual policy provisions and general provisions (RSA 415:1 to 415:17 and 415:20 to 415:27)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 400-A - Insurance Department; general provisions applicable to all insurers (RSA 400-A:1 to 400-A:39-b)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 408, Group Life Insurance subdivision (RSA 408:14 to 408:18)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 408-F - New Hampshire Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act of 2019 (RSA 408-F:1 to 408-F:20)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 408 - Life Insurance and Annuity Contracts, excluding the group life subdivision (RSA 408:1 to 408:13 and 408:19 to 408:37)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 415-D - Long-Term Care Insurance Act (RSA 415-D:1 to 415-D:13)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 415-F - Medicare Supplemental Insurance (RSA 415-F:1 to 415-F:9)State statute