Accident and sickness insurance - Patients in tax supported institutions not to be excluded

No policy of sickness and accident insurance delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state on or after January 1, 1975, including both individual policies and group policies, shall exclude covered benefits because the insured is a patient hospitalized in a tax supported institution of this state or any county or municipality; provided, that the institution charges patients for the same services in the absence of insurance. Acts 1959, ch. 38, § 1; 1967, ch. 23, § 1; 1974, ch. 426, § 1; T.C.A., § 56-3324. No policy of sickness and accident insurance delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state on or after January 1, 1975, including both individual policies and group policies, shall exclude covered benefits because the insured is a patient hospitalized in a tax supported institution of this state or any county or municipality; provided, that the institution charges patients for the same services in the absence of insurance. Acts 1959, ch. 38, § 1; 1967, ch. 23, § 1; 1974, ch. 426, § 1; T.C.A., § 56-3324.