Section 71.02 - Applicability, Scope and Effective Date(1) Except as otherwise provided in 211 CMR 71.00, 211 CMR 71.00 shall apply to: (a) All Medicare Supplement Insurance Policies offered, sold, issued, delivered, or otherwise made effective or renewed in Massachusetts on or after April 19, 1996;(b) All Certificates issued under group Medicare Supplement Insurance Policies which Certificates have been offered, sold, issued, delivered or otherwise made effective or renewed in Massachusetts on or after April 19, 1996; and(c) provided however, that except as otherwise permitted or required under 211 CMR 71.03, 71.07(5), 71.12(3) and 71.12(11), all Medicare Supplement Insurance Policies and Certificates originally issued to be effective prior to January 1, 1995 shall be Guaranteed Renewable and Issuers shall continue to renew all Medicare Supplement Insurance Policies and Certificates originally issued to be effective prior to July 30, 1992, if required under the terms and conditions of those Policies and Certificates; and provided, further, that Health Maintenance Organizations shall continue to renew Evidences of Coverage Issued Pursuant to a Medicare Part C Contract with Medicare originally made effective prior to January 1, 1995, if required under the terms and conditions of those Evidences of Coverage.(2)211 CMR 71.00 shall not apply to a Policy of one or more employers or labor organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations, or combination thereof, for employees or former employees, or a combination thereof, or for members or former members, or a combination thereof, of the labor organizations.(3)211 CMR 71.00 supplements the rules of 211 CMR 40.00 through 211 CMR 42.00. In case of direct conflict between this and earlier regulations, 211 CMR 71.00 shall govern.(4)211 CMR 71.00 shall govern in case of direct conflict between 211 CMR 71.00 and other Massachusetts regulations.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1397, eff. 8/9/2019.