HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1269        FILED ON: 1/16/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 838

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Ruth B. Balser

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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 providing for equitable coverage in disability policies.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

 

Katherine M. Clark

Fifth Middlesex

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

 

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2013

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

1/28/2013

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

 

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

 

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

34th Middlesex

 

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

 

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

 

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

 

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

 

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

 

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

 

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

 

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

 

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

 

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

 

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

 

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

 

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

 

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

 

Thomas P. Conroy

13th Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1269        FILED ON: 1/16/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 838

By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 838) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to prohibit discrimination in the issuance of group or individual disability, accident or sickness insurance policies.  Financial Services.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1173 OF 2011-2012.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act providing for equitable coverage in disability 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. Chapter 175 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 108J the following section:-

Section 108K. No company, and no officer or agent thereof, shall  make or permit any distinction, classification, discrimination, or otherwise recognize any difference, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, or national origin, in the amount or payment of premiums or rate charges, or in the benefits payable, or in any of the other terms or conditions of any group or individual disability, accident or sickness insurance contract issued or delivered within or without the commonwealth on or after January 1, 2011 which covers one or more residents of the commonwealth. As used in this section, sex includes, but is not limited to, conditions unique to one sex, such as pregnancy. Any violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of chapter 176D.