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Committee approves bill replacing outdated terms in insurance company law
Summary
House Bill 261 would amend the insurance company law by replacing "mental retardation" and "physical handicap" with "intellectual disability" and "physical disability;" the House Insurance Committee passed the bill unanimously after brief remarks.
House Bill 261, sponsored by Chair Pickett, was adopted by the House Insurance Committee after a short staff summary and no recorded opposition.
Alan Cohen, executive director of the House Insurance Committee, told members: "House Bill 261 updates outdated terminology by amending the insurance company law to replace the term mental retardation and physical handicap with intellectual disability and physical disability." Chair Pickett requested an affirmative vote, and committee members offered no objections.
Representative Pickett moved and the committee seconded consideration; the transcript records the bill passing unanimously by voice vote. The remarks did not include an analysis of downstream regulatory effects, fiscal implications, or any amendments. The bill's change updates statutory language to contemporary terminology but the committee did not record additional stakeholder testimony in the transcript.
