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Amend the bill in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 1, lines 4 to 17 in L.D.) and inserting in its place the following:
 
‘1.   NoA policy insuring against liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle shallmay not be delivered or issued for delivery in this State with respect to any such vehicle registered or principally garaged in this State, unless coverage is provided thereinin the policy or supplemental theretoto the policy for the protection of persons insured thereunderunder the policy who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured, underinsured or hit-and-run motor vehicles, for bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death, sustained by an insured person resulting from the ownership, maintenance or use of such uninsured, underinsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle. The coverage herein required by this section may be referred to as “uninsured vehicle coverage.” For the purposes of this section, “underinsured motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle for which coverage is provided, but in amounts less than the minimum limits for bodily injury liability insurance provided for under the motorist’s financial responsibility laws of this State or less than the limits of the injured party’s uninsured vehicle coverage. Notwithstanding this section, a policy must allow for the recovery of damages under uninsured vehicle coverage for the death of a parent or child of the insured to the extent that a person may be legally entitled to recover damages for wrongful death pursuant to Title 18-A, section 2-804.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. The amendment clarifies that an insurance policy must allow for recovery under uninsured vehicle coverage for the death of a parent or child of the insured to the extent a person may be legally entitled to recover damages for wrongful death.