HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 534 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 881
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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 | 1/13/2015 |
James E. Timilty | Bristol and Norfolk | 2/4/2015 |
Thomas P. Kennedy | Second Plymouth and Bristol | 9/5/2019 |
Walter F. Timilty | 7th Norfolk | 9/5/2019 |
Jeffrey N. Roy | 10th Norfolk | 9/5/2019 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 9/5/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 9/5/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 9/5/2019 |
Timothy R. Madden | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 1/26/2015 |
John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire | 1/22/2015 |
Barbara A. L'Italien | Second Essex and Middlesex | 9/5/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 9/5/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 2/3/2015 |
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. | 28th Middlesex | 9/5/2019 |
Jennifer L. Flanagan | Worcester and Middlesex | 9/5/2019 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 9/5/2019 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 9/5/2019 |
Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex | 2/3/2015 |
Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex | 2/3/2015 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 534 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 881
By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 881) of Louis L. Kafka and others relative to the cancellation of certain health insurance policies. Financial Services. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 930 OF 2013-2014.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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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.