(a) Every insurer who delivers or issues for delivery individual health insurance policies or group or blanket accident and health insurance policies shall provide to covered individuals written certification, in a form as the superintendent may approve, of:

1. (1) the period of creditable coverage, as defined in section three thousand two hundred thirty-two of this article, of the individual under such policy and any continuation coverage of the individual pursuant to state or federal law; and
2. (2) any waiting period or affiliation period (if applicable) imposed with respect to the individual for any coverage under the policy.

(b) The insurer shall provide such written certification:

1. (1) at the time an individual ceases to be covered under the policy, including any period of time such individual was covered pursuant to any right of continuation under such policy; and
2. (2) on the request on behalf of an individual made not later than twenty-four months after the date of cessation of the coverage described in paragraph one of this subsection.