HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2376        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2323

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to nursing home liability insurance..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 112 the following section:-

Section 112 ½ .  An insurance company shall not deny insurance coverage to a convalescent or nursing home because an abuse charge has been filed against such home.