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Relating to Medicare supplement policies and an annual open enrollment period
Topics:Health careInsurance
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 15, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Starting in 2025, people applying for Medicare supplement insurance will have a 30-day open enrollment period every year around their birthday. During this time, insurance companies cannot deny coverage, charge more based on health problems, or refuse to pay for pre-existing conditions. Insurance companies must also notify applicants about this yearly enrollment window.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to Medicare supplement policies and an annual open enrollment period. Beginning January 1, 2025, applicants shall have an annual 30-day open enrollment period that begins on the date of an applicant’s birthday. “Applicant” is defined in the bill as an individual who is at least years old who seeks to contract for benefits under an individual Medicare supplement policy, or a proposed covered individual under a group Medicare supplement policy. “Applicant” includes an individual under the age of who qualifies for Medicare due to disability, end-stage renal disease, or exposure to an environmental hazard. “Medicare supplement policy” is also defined in the bill. During the open enrollment period, an issuer is prohibited from denying or conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of any Medicare supplement policy that the issuer offers and that is available for issuance in the state; from subjecting an applicant to medical underwriting or discriminating in the pricing of a Medicare supplement policy because of the health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of an applicant; and from imposing an exclusion of benefits based on an applicant’s preexisting condition. An issuer shall provide notice, in a form prescribed by the commissioner of insurance, of the annual open enrollment period at the time an applicant applies for a Medicare supplement policy or certificate. “Issuer” is defined in the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 31, 2024. On February 7, 2024 it recommended passage. [].
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- HF 228 Relating to Medicare supplement policies and an annual open enrollment period90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 462Nearly identical
- SF 71 Relating to Medicare supplement policies and an annual open enrollment period91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageVery similar
- HF 308 Relating to Medicare supplement policies and an annual open enrollment period91st General Assembly · Approved by committeeVery similar
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