All group health insurance policies, issued by an insurance company, a nonprofit hospital or medical service corporation, a self-insured group plan, and prepaid health insurance plans delivered or issued for delivery in this State which insure employees or members for hospital and medical insurance on an expense incurred, service or prepaid basis, other than for specific diseases or for accidental injuries only, shall provide that any person whose insurance under the group policy would terminate because of the death or loss of employment of the employee or member shall be entitled to have a converted policy issued to him or her by the insurer under whose group policy he or she was insured, without evidence of insurability. (Added 1983, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1985, No. 184 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)