HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 253 FILED ON: 1/9/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 930 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Louis L. Kafka _______________ 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 passage of the accompanying: An Act relative to the cancellation of certain health insurance policies. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | James E. Timilty | Bristol and Norfolk | Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable | Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex | Martin J. Walsh | 13th Suffolk | John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire | Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex | Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester | Michael Barrett | Third Middlesex | Angelo M. Scaccia | 14th Suffolk | Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 253 FILED ON: 1/9/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 930 By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 930) 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. 2067 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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. |
