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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6093
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2677
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CONSIDERATION OF IMMIGRATION STATUS
BY HEALTH CARRIERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to provide that no 1
insurer, health care center, fraternal benefit society, hospital service 2
corporation, medical service corporation or other entity delivering, 3
issuing for delivery, renewing, amending or continuing a health 4
insurance policy in this state shall refuse to deliver, issue for delivery, 5
renew, amend or continue such a policy solely on the basis of the 6
immigration status of an insured or prospective insured. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit certain health carriers from refusing to deliver, issue for
delivery, renew, amend or continue certain health insurance policies in
this state solely on the basis of the immigration status of an insured or
prospective insured.