MA S537

Bill

For greater fairness in insurance policies

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to provide greater fairness in insurance policies. Financial Services.

AI Summary

This bill aims to provide greater fairness in insurance policies. It prohibits insurance policies from including provisions that give insurers or their agents the discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits or interpret the terms of the policy, as this could lead to a deferential standard of review by courts. The bill also requires the Commissioner of Insurance to not approve any policy that includes such discretionary authority provisions or other inconsistent, ambiguous, or misleading clauses that could affect the risk assumed in the policy. The bill ensures that the provisions are severable, so that if any part is found to be illegal or unenforceable, the rest of the bill can still be given effect.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (1)

Pat Jehlen (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2496 (on 04/30/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S537

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S537
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S537.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2178	Relative to rebate law reform	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Similar To
H2202	To help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications	No further action taken	Similar To
H2811	Relative to fairness in debt collection	No further action taken	Similar To
H3110	To promote fairness in probation fees	Accompanied a new draft, see S2170	Similar To
H3659	Establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act	New draft substituted, see H3680	Similar To
H3680	Establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
H3816	Similar Bills	Text of an amendment, see H3680	Similar To
S1497	Improving the fairness of our tax laws	Accompanied a study order, see S2497	Similar To
S1608	Providing for sales tax fairness for main street retailers through minimum simplification	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2093	Similar Bills	See H3680	Similar To
S2496	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Financial Services to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to financial services issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

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