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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5548
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1409
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. EXUM, 19th Dist.
REP. CURREY, 11th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING LIVING ORGAN DONOR INSURANCE
DISCRIMINATION.
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: (1) 1
No insurer delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, amending or 2
continuing a life insurance policy, long-term care insurance policy or a 3
policy providing disability income protection coverage in this state on 4
or after January 1, 2022, shall make any distinction or discriminate 5
against an individual in delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, 6
amending, continuing, offering, withholding or cancelling such policy, 7
or in the terms of such policy, solely because such individual is a living 8
organ donor; and (2) prohibited discrimination against a living organ 9
donor constitutes a violation of the Connecticut Unfair Insurance 10
Practices Act. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To: (1) Prohibit certain insurers from discriminating against an
individual solely because the individual is a living organ donor; and (2) Proposed Bill No. 5548
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provide that prohibited discrimination against a living organ donor
constitutes a violation of the Connecticut Unfair Insurance Practices Act.