Notwithstanding any provision of a policy or contract of group health insurance, hereafter delivered or issued for delivery in this State, whenever such a policy or contract provides for reimbursement for any optometric service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist, a person covered under such group health policy or contract shall be entitled to reimbursement for such service, whether the said service is performed by a physician or duly licensed optometrist.
N.J.S. § 17B:27-51