(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a disability income insurance policy issued in this State, may not:
- (1) decline or limit coverage of a person under any disability income insurance policy solely due to the status of such person as a living organ donor;
- (2) preclude an insured from donating all or part of an organ as a condition of continuing to receive a disability income insurance policy; or
- (3) discriminate in the offering, issuance, cancellation, amount of such coverage, price, or any other condition of a disability income insurance policy for a person, based solely and without any additional actuarial risks upon the status of such person as a living organ donor.
- (B) The Department of Insurance may take actions to enforce subsection (A) as authorized under this title.
(C) For purposes of this section:
- (1) "Disability income insurance policy" means a contract under which an entity promises to pay an insured a sum of money in the event that an illness or injury resulting in a disability prevents the insured from working.
- (2) "Living organ donor" means an individual who has donated all or part of an organ and is not deceased.
HISTORY: 2024 Act No. 126 (H.3255), Section 4, eff May 13, 2024.
Editor's Note
2024 Act No. 126, Section 1, provides as follows:
"SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Living Donor Protection Act'."