Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2807-B is enacted to read:

§2807-B.__Foster parent group

A group of foster parents may be insured under a policy issued to a statewide organization of foster parents or to a trust or to the trustees of a fund established, created or maintained for the benefit of members of a statewide organization of foster parents.__ The policy is subject to the following requirements.

1.__Policy authorized.__The policy may only insure members of the statewide organization of foster parents.

2.__Premium.__The premium for the policy must be paid from funds contributed by the statewide organization of foster parents, its foster parent members or by both.

3.__Eligibility.__Except as provided in subsection 4, a policy on which no part of the premium is derived from funds contributed by the covered persons specifically for their insurance must insure all eligible persons, except those who reject that coverage in writing.

4.__Exclusion or limitation.__Except as provided in section 2736-C, section 2808-B and chapter 36, an insurer may exclude or limit the coverage on any person as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2808, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1981, c. 147, §8, is amended to read:

Group health insurance offered to a resident of this State under a group health insurance policy issued to a group other than one described in sections 2804 to 2807-A 2807-B is subject to the following requirements.

SUMMARY

This bill makes foster parents belonging to a statewide organization eligible for health insurance coverage on a group basis.