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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 157
S.P. 298 - L.D. 902

An Act To Create Equality in Medicare Supplement Insurance Policies

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §5002-B, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 36, §4, are amended to read:

     1. Persons provided continuity of coverage. This section provides continuity of coverage for a person who has a Medicare supplement policy and seeks coverage under a new Medicare supplement policy with the same or lesser benefits if:

     2. Prohibition against discontinuity. The insurer shall, for any person described in subsection 1, waive any medical underwriting or preexisting conditions exclusion to the extent that benefits would have been payable under the prior Medicare supplement policy and any earlier Medicare supplement policy if those policies were still in effect. This subsection does not require the succeeding insurer to pay any benefits that are not within the terms of coverage of the succeeding policy solely because they would have been paid by the prior policy.

     Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §5010-A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 547, §5, is further amended to read:

§5010-A. Coverage of the disabled

     An issuer offering coverage under a Medicare supplement policy in this State shall offer coverage under its standardized plans to all individuals, regardless of age, who are entitled to Medicare benefits due to disability. An issuer shall offer such coverage during an individual's open enrollment period under any of the policies offered by the issuer to persons eligible for Medicare benefits due to age. An issuer shall also offer standardized Medicare Supplement Plan A to persons entitled to Medicare benefits due to disability during the guaranteed issue period as set forth in section 5012. An individual who is entitled to Medicare benefits due to disability must be provided continuity of coverage in accordance with section 5002-B. Issuers shall give notice of Medicare supplement coverage to individuals enrolled in Medicare in advertising of Medicare supplement policies intended for use in this State. By January 1, 1994, the superintendent shall establish rules to ensure that the notice of the availability of coverage for the disabled is sufficiently advertised.

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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