(1) A carrier that offers, issues, or renews a health benefit plan that provides coverage for anatomical gifts, organ transplants, or related treatments or services shall not, solely on the basis of a covered person's disability:
- (a) Deny coverage to a covered person for an organ transplant or related treatment or services;
- (b) Decline or limit coverage of a covered person solely for the purpose of avoiding the requirements of this section; or
- (c) Penalize a covered person or reduce or limit coverage for a covered person for health-care services related to organ transplantation, as determined in consultation with the attending physician and the covered person or the covered person's representative.
- (2) This section does not require a health benefit plan to provide coverage for the donation of an anatomical gift, an organ transplant, or related treatment or services.
- (3) For the purposes of this section, anatomical gift means the donation of part of a human body for the purpose of transplantation to another person.
Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1169), ch. 99, p. 400, § 2, effective May 6.