HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 534        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 881

 

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.