S.C. Code § 38-72-110

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 38-72-110
(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a long-term care insurance policy issued in this State, may not:
(1) decline or limit coverage of a person under any long-term care insurance policy solely due to the status of such person as a living organ donor;
(2) preclude an insured from donating all or part of an organ as a condition of continuing to receive a long-term care insurance policy; or
(3) discriminate in the offering, issuance, cancellation, amount of such coverage, price, or any other condition of a long-term care insurance policy for a person, based solely and without any additional actuarial risks upon the status of such person as a living organ donor.
(B) The Department of Insurance may take actions to enforce subsection (A) as authorized under this title.
(C) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Long-term care insurance policy" means a contract for which the only insurance protection provided under the contract is coverage of qualified long-term care services.
(2) "Living organ donor" means an individual who has donated all or part of an organ and is not deceased.

S.C. Code § 38-72-110

Added by 2024 S.C. Acts, Act No. 126 (HB 3255),s 5, eff. 5/13/2024.