HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1693        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 927

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to short term 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. Section 108 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Section 31 of Chapter 205 of the Acts of 2007, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence:-

The commissioner of insurance may approve insurance providing benefits for confinement in a convalescent or nursing home, assisted living facility or a charitable home for the aged that is not marketed or solicited as long-term care insurance.