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Committee OKs bill barring insurers from penalizing living organ donors
Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee · February 14, 2019
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Summary
S.B. 309, which prevents life insurers from discriminating against living organ donors when underwriting coverage, passed the Senate committee after testimony from the Arkansas Insurance Department and the National Kidney Foundation volunteer supporters.
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee passed S.B. 309, a one-page bill the Arkansas Insurance Department described as protecting living organ donors from adverse underwriting decisions by life insurers. Ryan James, legislative liaison for the department, said several states have enacted similar…
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