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

1/16/2013

Katherine M. Clark

Fifth Middlesex

1/16/2013

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/16/2013

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/16/2013

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2013

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/16/2013

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

1/28/2013

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

1/16/2013

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

1/16/2013

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

34th Middlesex

1/16/2013

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/16/2013

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

1/16/2013

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/16/2013

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/16/2013

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/16/2013

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/16/2013

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/16/2013

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/16/2013

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/16/2013

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/16/2013

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/16/2013

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

1/16/2013

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/16/2013

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/16/2013

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/16/2013

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

1/16/2013

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/16/2013

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/16/2013

Thomas P. Conroy

13th Middlesex

1/16/2013


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.