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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-813" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Required Health Insurance Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to each group or blanket health insurance policy that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is issued or delivered in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is issued or delivered to an entity that is incorporated or has a main office in the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>covers individuals who reside or work in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each insurer that proposes to issue a policy subject to this section that provides benefits for temporary disability shall offer the policyholder the option of providing benefits for temporary disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The benefits under this section shall be provided to the same extent and on the same terms as the benefits provided for any other covered disability.</text>
  </level>
</section>
