50 USC 4024 - Health insurance reinstatement

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 23, 2024

§ 4024.

Health insurance reinstatement

(a)

Reinstatement of health insurance

A servicemember who, by reason of military service as defined in section 4023(a)(1) of this title, is entitled to the rights and protections of this chapter shall also be entitled upon termination or release from such service to reinstatement of any health insurance that—

(1)

was in effect on the day before such service commenced; and

(2)

was terminated effective on a date during the period of such service.

(b)

No exclusion or waiting period

The reinstatement of health care insurance coverage for the health or physical condition of a servicemember described in subsection (a), or any other person who is covered by the insurance by reason of the coverage of the servicemember, shall not be subject to an exclusion or a waiting period, if—

(1)

the condition arose before or during the period of such service;

(2)

an exclusion or a waiting period would not have been imposed for the condition during the period of coverage; and

(3)

in a case in which the condition relates to the servicemember, the condition has not been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty (within the meaning of section 105 of title 38).

(c)

Exceptions

(d)

Time for applying for reinstatement

(e)

Limitation on premium increases

(1)

Premium protection

(2)

Increases of general applicability not precluded

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 704, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2864; amended Pub. L. 109–233, title III, § 302, June 15, 2006, 120 Stat. 406.)

cite as: 50 USC 4024