HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2870 FILED ON: 1/21/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2067
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Louis L. Kafka
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the cancellation of certain health insurance policies.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 1/21/2011 |
John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire | 2/1/2011 |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | 2/1/2011 |
George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol | 2/1/2011 |
Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex | 2/1/2011 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 2/4/2011 |
Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester | 2/4/2011 |
James E. Timilty |
| 1/25/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2870 FILED ON: 1/21/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2067
By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2067) of Louis L. Kafka and others relative to the cancellation of certain health insurance policies. Financial Services. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act relative to the cancellation of certain health insurance policies.
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 100H of Chapter 175 is hereby amended by inserting after the section, the following sentence: An insured individual age sixty-five or older can designate someone else to be notified sixty days prior to the date of intended cancellation. If the company fails to notify the individual designated by the insured, such policy shall remain in effect until such notification or until ninety days after the insured reaches age sixty-five, whichever shall first occur.