SB 567

Abstract

Disability insurance; childbirth. Requires each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing short-term disability income protection coverage whose policies provide coverage for short-term disability arising out of childbirth to provide coverage for a payable benefit of at least 12 weeks following childbirth for such a disability. The bill also requires the State Corporation Commission to solicit comments from insurance industry stakeholders on the impact of the bill on current and future short-term disability policyholders and to report to the Chairs of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor prior to December 1, 2020.

Disability insurance; pregnancy or childbirth.Requires each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accidentand sickness insurance policies providing disability income protectioncoverage whose policies provide coverage for disability arising outof pregnancy or childbirth to provide coverage for a payable benefitof at least 12 weeks for such a disability.