Me. Stat. tit. 24 § 2332-B

Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 684
Section 2332-B - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
1.Definitions. As used in this section, "HIV" and "antibody to HIV" have the same meanings as set out in Title 5, section 19201.

[1991, c. 3, §2(NEW).]

2.Prohibitions. No individual or group hospital, medical or health care service contract delivered or issued for delivery in this State, other than a contract that provides benefits for specific diseases or accidental injuries only, may provide more restrictive coverage for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or ARC, HIV-related diseases or for related services, than for any other disease or sickness, or exclude coverage for AIDS, ARC or HIV-related diseases, except through an exclusion under which all diseases and sicknesses are treated equally.

[1991, c. 3, §2(NEW).]

3.Test results. No nonprofit hospital or medical services organization or nonprofit health care plan may request any person to reveal whether the person has obtained a test for the presence of antibodies to HIV or a test to measure the virus or to reveal the results of such tests taken prior to an application for coverage.

[1991, c. 3, §2(NEW).]

24 M.R.S. § 2332-B

1989, c. 176, § 1 (NEW) . 1991, c. 3, § 2 (RPR) .