HLS 13RS-677 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 294
BY REPRESENTATIVE RITCHIE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
INSURANCE/POLICIES: Provides relative to regulation of long-term care insurance
policies
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1185, relative to regulation of long-term care insurance2
policies; to require review and approval of such individual or group policies by the3
commissioner of insurance; to clarify the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the4
commissioner relative to such policies; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 22:1185 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1185. ExtraterritorialReview and approval required; extraterritorial jurisdiction;8
group long-term care insurance9
No Any individual or group long-term care insurance policy offered in this10
state shall be reviewed and approved by the commissioner of insurance, including11
any group long-term care insurance coverage may be offered to a resident of this12
state under a group policy issued in another state to a group described defined in R.S.13
22:1184(4)(d), unless this state has made a determination that such requirements14
have been met.15 HLS 13RS-677 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 294
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Ritchie HB No. 294
Abstract: Requires the review and approval of any individual or group long-term care
insurance policy by the commissioner of insurance and clarifies the commissioner's
extraterritorial jurisdiction relative to such policies.
Present law provides that no group long-term care insurance coverage may be offered to a
resident of this state under a group policy issued in another state to certain types of groups
unless this state has made a determination that certain requirements have been met.
Proposed law requires that any individual or group long-term care insurance policy be
reviewed and approved by the commissioner of insurance, including any group long-term
care insurance coverage offered to a resident of this state under a group policy issued in
another state to certain types of groups.
(Amends R.S. 22:1185)