Current through the 2024 legislative session
Section 26-20-803 - Living organ donor and organ transplant recipient coverage(a) No individual or group life insurance policy or long-term care insurance policy shall:(i) Deny or cancel coverage to a covered person solely on the basis of the person's status as a living organ donor or as an organ transplant recipient without any unique and material actuarial risks in accordance with sound actuarial principles and without any actual and reasonably anticipated and expected experience of a person on the basis of their status as a living organ donor or as an organ transplant recipient;(ii) 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 or as an organ transplant recipient without any unique and material actuarial risks in accordance with sound actuarial principles and without any actual and reasonably anticipated and expected experience of a person on the basis of their status as a living organ donor or as an organ transplant recipient;(iii) 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 or as an organ transplant recipient without any additional separate actuarial risk involved;(v) Preclude a covered person from receiving all or part of an organ or tissue through transplantation or transfusion as a condition of receiving or continuing to receive coverage under a policy, contract or certificate;(vi) Preclude a covered person from receiving medical services or other services related to organ transplantation, including diagnostic services, evaluation, surgery, counseling or post-operative treatment or services.Amended by Laws 2024, ch. 27,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.Added by Laws 2023, ch. 93,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.