Revision: March 19, 2024, 3:16 p.m.
Rep. Hunt, Ches. 14
February 29, 2024
2024-0885h
05/06
Amendment to HB 1155
Amend the bill by replacing sections 1 and 2 with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Unfair Insurance Trade Practices; Coverage of Living Organ Donors. Amend RSA 417:4 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:
VIII-a. Living Organ Donors.
(a) No individual or group life insurance policy, long-term care insurance policy, or policy providing disability income protection, shall:
(1) Deny or cancel coverage to a covered person solely on the basis of the person’s status as a living organ donor.
(2) Deny a covered person eligibility or continued eligibility to enroll or to renew coverage under the terms of a policy, contract, or certificate, solely on the basis of the person’s status as a living organ donor.
(3) Reduce or limit coverage or benefits, increase the premiums or otherwise adversely affect the coverage or cost for a covered person’s policy, contract, or certificate solely on the basis of the person’s status as a living organ donor without any additional separate actuarial risk involved.
(4) Preclude a covered person from donating all or part of an organ or tissues as a condition of receiving or continuing to receive coverage under a policy, contract, or certificate.
(5) Otherwise discriminate against an individual or covered person in the offering, issuance, amount of coverage, premium, or any other policy conditions based solely and without any additional actuarial risks because the individual is a living organ donor.
(b) In this section:
(1) “Covered person” means a policyholder, subscriber, enrollee, member, or individual covered by any policy, contract, or certificate or by any life insurance policy, long-term care insurance policy, or a policy providing disability income protection.
(2) “Living organ donor” means a person who is not deceased and who has donated all or part of one or more of the person’s own organs or tissue to another person for transplant.
2 Applicability. This act shall apply to any individual or group life insurance policy, long-term care insurance policy, or a policy providing disability income protection offered, issued, renewed, delivered, or issued for delivery in this state on or after July 1, 2024.
2024-0885h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits disparate treatment of a life insurance, long-term care insurance, or disability insurance policy holder based on their status as a living organ donor.