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PUBLIC LAW 91-291-JUNE 25, 1970

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in which event the insurance shall continue in force to death, or for ninety days after the date such training terminated, whichever is the earlier date. "(b) Each policy purchased under this subchapter shall contain a provillon!^°" provision, in terms approved by the Administratorj for the conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to an individual policy of life insurance— " (1) with respect to a member on active duty or active duty for training under a call or order to duty that does not specify a period of less than thirty-one days, effective the one hundred and twentyfirst day after separation or release from such duty, or at any time thereafter such insurance is in effect; " (2) with respect to a member on active duty or active duty for training under a call or order to duty that specifies a period of less than thirty-one days, and a member insured during inactive duty training scheduled in advance by competent authority there shall be no right of conversion unless the insurance is continued in force for ninety days after such duty terminates, as the result of a disability incurred or aggravated during such active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training, in which event the insurance may be converted effective the day after the end of such ninety-day period. " (c) An insured eligible to convert insurance under this subchapter. Participating upon request to the Office of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance shall panics. be furnished a list of life insurance companies participating in the written appucaprogram established under this subchapter. Upon written application s\on. "^ °"^'" for conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance made by an eligible insured under this subchapter to the participating company he selects and payment of the required premiums the insured shall be granted life insurance on a plan then currently written by such company which does not provide for the payment of any sum less than the face value thereof or for the payment of an additional amount as premiums if the insured engages in the military service of the United States. Such converted insurance shall be issued without a medical examination if application is made within one hundred and twenty days after separation or release from active duty or active duty for training under a call or order to duty that did not specify a period of less than thirty-one days. Medical examinations and evidence of qualifying health conditions may be required in any case where the former member alleges that his insurance is continued in force beyond the normal termination date by reason of a qualifying disability incurred or aggravated during active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training. In addition to the life insurance companies participating in the program established under this subchapter, the list furnished to an insured under this section, shall include additional life insurance companies (not so participating) which meet qualifying criteria, terms and conditions established by the Administrator and agree to sell insurance to former members in accordance with the provisions of this section." SEC. 4. Section 769 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—?„^l"^!'°f„^ 79 Stat. 8 8 1. (1) by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows: " (a)(1) During any period in which a member, on active duty or active duty for training under a call or order to such duty that does not specify a period of less than thirty-one days, is insured under a policy of insurance purchased by the Administrator, under section 766 of this title, there shall be deducted each month from his basic or other

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