Connecticut General Statutes 38a-834 – Discrimination against living organ donors prohibited
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no insurer delivering, issuing for delivery or amending a life insurance policy, long-term care insurance policy or a policy providing disability income protection coverage in this state on or after January 1, 2022, shall, for any such policy issued on or after said date:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-834
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Insurance: means any agreement to pay a sum of money, provide services or any other thing of value on the happening of a particular event or contingency or to provide indemnity for loss in respect to a specified subject by specified perils in return for a consideration. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Policy: means any document, including attached endorsements and riders, purporting to be an enforceable contract, which memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
(1) Decline to provide coverage, or limit the coverage provided, for an individual under such policy solely because the individual is a living organ donor;
(2) Preclude an individual from donating all or part of an organ as a condition to maintaining coverage under such policy; or
(3) Otherwise engage in discrimination in offering, issuing for delivery, amending or cancelling, or in setting the amount, price or conditions of, coverage for an individual under such policy solely because the individual is a living organ donor.
(b) Any violation of this section shall be deemed an unfair method of competition and unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance under section 38a-816.