S.C. Code Ann. § 38-72-110

Long-term care insurance

Effective May 13, 20242024 Act No. 126 (H.3255), SECTION 5, eff May 13, 2024.
  1. (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a long-term care insurance policy issued in this State, may not:

    1. (1) decline or limit coverage of a person under any long-term care insurance policy solely due to the status of such person as a living organ donor;
    2. (2) preclude an insured from donating all or part of an organ as a condition of continuing to receive a long-term care insurance policy; or
    3. (3) discriminate in the offering, issuance, cancellation, amount of such coverage, price, or any other condition of a long-term care insurance policy for a person, based solely and without any additional actuarial risks upon the status of such person as a living organ donor.
  2. (B) The Department of Insurance may take actions to enforce subsection (A) as authorized under this title.
  3. (C) For purposes of this section:

    1. (1) "Long-term care insurance policy" means a contract for which the only insurance protection provided under the contract is coverage of qualified long-term care services.
    2. (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 5, 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'."

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