SP0620
LD 1753
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 1057
Item 4
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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2728,  as enacted by PL 1969, c. 132, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§ 2728 Intoxicants and narcotics

1 Intoxicants; narcotics.   A policy under this chapter may not include the following provision:

"Intoxicants and narcotics. The insurer is not liable for any loss sustained or contracted in consequence of the insured's being intoxicated or under the influence of any narcotic or of any hallucinogenic drug, unless administered on the advice of a physician."

2 Exemption.   This section does not apply to the following types of insurance or any combination of the following types of insurance: accidental injury, specified disease, hospital indemnity, dental, vision, disability income, long-term care, Medicare supplement or other limited benefit health insurance.

summary

This amendment replaces the bill. It clarifies that a provision prohibiting an insurance policy from excluding coverage for losses sustained by a person under the influence of alcohol or narcotics only applies to health insurance policies.


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