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his employment upon his qualification as a member of the school committee. Section 2.    This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 24, 1976.
Chap. 203.      An Act making certain corrective changes in
THE LAWS RELATING TO NON-PROFIT HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS AND MEDICAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to correct certain errors in the General Laws, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The second sentence of section 8B of chapter 176A of the General Laws, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 196 of the acts of 1975, is hereby amended by striking out the word "policy'' and inserting in place thereof the word:- contract.
Section 2. Chapter 176B of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 4B, as amended by section 3 of said chapter 196, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 4C. Any subscription certificate, which provides for dependent coverage, under an individual or group medical service agreement which shall be delivered or issued for delivery or subsequently renewed in the commonwealth shall include as insured members, newborn infants and newborn infants of a dependent of a subscription certificate holder immediately from the moment of birth and thereafter and shall also include as insured members adoptive children of a subscription certificate holder immediately from the date of the filing of a petition to adopt under chapter two hundred and ten and thereafter if the child has been residing in the home of the subscription certificate holder as a foster child for whom the holder has been receiving foster care payments, or, in all other cases, immediately form the date of placement by a licensed placement agency of a child for purposes of adoption in the home of the subscription certificate holder and thereafter. Such insurance shall provide benefits for expense arising from illness, injury, congenital malformation, or premature birth. If payment of a subscription fee is required to provide coverage for a child, the policy or contract may require that notification of birth of a newly born child or of filing of a petition to adopt a foster child or of placement of a child for purposes of adoption and payment of the required fees must be furnished to the non-profit service corporation. For the purposes of this section, "notification" may mean submission of a claim.
Acts, 1976. — Chaps. 204, 205, 206.
Section 3. Said chapter 176B is hereby further amended by striking out section 4C, inserted by section 3 of chapter 595 of the acts of 1975, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 4D. No corporation subject to this chapter shall refuse for the reason of blindness or deafness, to contract with a subscriber a subscription certificate under an individual medical service agreement.
Approved June 24,1976.