Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 20/1971

HOSPITAL INSURANCE (MATERNITY BENEFIT) REGULATIONS 1971

[made under section 40 of the Hospital Insurance Act 1970 [title 18 item 9] and brought into operation on 1 April 1971]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 Interpretation

2 Construction of contracts of hospital insurance

3 Suspension of cover for maternity treatment

4 Continuation of cover for maternity treatment

5 Contracts of insurance under Part IV

Interpretation

1 In these Regulations —

"the Act" means the Hospital Insurance Act 1970 [title 18 item 9];

"maternity treatment" means treatment in a hospital arising out of pregnancy.

Construction of contracts of hospital insurance

2 Where a contract of hospital insurance provides standard hos pital benefit, such contract shall, in relation to any benefit payable thereunder in respect of expenses for maternity treatment, be construed subject to the following provisions of these Regulations.

Suspension of cover for maternity treatment

3 (1) Benefit shall not be payable in respect of expenses for ma ternity treatment incurred by an insured person within ten months after the effective date of the contract.

(2) [omitted as transitional]

Continuation of cover for maternity treatment

4 (1) In relation to contracts of hospital insurance effected under Part III of the Act, benefit shall continue to be payable in respect of ex penses for maternity treatment incurred by an insured person within ten months after the date on which the contract otherwise ceases to have effect in relation to that person.

(2) No premium shall be payable in respect of the continuation of cover under paragraph (1).

Contracts of insurance under Part IV

5 In relation to contracts of hospital insurance effected under Part IV of the Act, benefit shall continue to be payable in respect of expenses for maternity treatment incurred by an insured person for ten months after the date on which the contract of insurance ceases to have effect if the contract had subsisted for a period of not less than twelve months prior to its cessation.