West Virginia Code § 33-16A-1

Right of insured to convert from group coverage
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A group policy or group subscriber contract which provides hospital, surgical or major
medical expense insurance, or any combination of these coverages, on an expense incurred
basis, but not a policy which provides benefits for specific diseases or for accidental injuries
only, shall provide that an employee or member whose insurance under the group policy or
contract has been terminated for any reason, including discontinuance of thee group policy in
its entirety or of an insured class, who has been continuously insured under the group
policy, or under any group policy providing similar benefits which it reprlaces, for at least
three months immediately prior to termination, shall be entitled to have issued to him by the
insurer a converted policy of health insurance. An employee or member shall not be entitled
to have a converted policy issued to him if termination of his insurance under the group
policy occurred because he failed to pay any required contritbution, or the discontinued
group coverage was replaced by similar group coverage within thirty-one days.

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