HB 1211 - AS INTRODUCED

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2001 SESSION

01-2204

01/09

HOUSE BILL 1211

AN ACT prohibiting insurers from discriminating against a person on the basis of the person holding elective office.

SPONSORS: Rep. Lynde, Hills 24

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits insurers from discriminating against a person solely because such person holds elective office.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-2204

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT prohibiting insurers from discriminating against a person on the basis of the person holding elective office.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Subparagraph; Insurance Practices; Unfair Discrimination. Amend RSA 417:4, VIII by inserting after subparagraph (g) the following new subparagraph:

(h) Refusing to insure or continue to insure, or limiting the amount, extent or kind of coverage available solely because a person holds elective office.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.