Delaware Code § 18-3604

Minimum standards for benefits
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(a) The Commissioner may issue regulations to establish minimum standards for benefits under each of the following categories of
coverage in individual policies, other than conversion policies issued pursuant to a contractual conversion privilege under group or
individual policy, when such group or individual contract contains provisions which are inconsistent with the requirements of this chapter
or any regulation issued pursuant to this chapter or to policies being issued to employees or members being added to franchise plans in
existence on January 12, 1984, or any regulation issued pursuant to this chapter, of health insurance and subscriber contracts of health
service corporations:

(1) Basic hospital expense coverage;
(2) Basic medical-surgical expense coverage;
(3) Hospital confinement indemnity coverage;
(4) Major medical expense coverage;
(5) Disability income protection coverage;
(6) Accident only coverage;
(7) Specified disease or specified accident coverage; and
(8) Limited benefit health coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude the issuance of any policy or contract which combines 2 or more of the categories of coverage
enumerated in paragraphs (a)(1)-(6) of this section.
(c) No policy or contract shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this State which does not meet the prescribed minimum standards
for the categories of coverage listed in paragraphs (a)(1)-(8) of this section, or which does not meet the other applicable requirements
for such coverages as prescribed by this title.
(d) The Commissioner shall prescribe the method of identification of policies and contracts based upon coverages provided.

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