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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 27-1-26: Insurance Protections for Living Organ Donors.

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  1. Title 27 Insurance.
  2. Chapter 1 General Provisions.

(a) This section may be cited as the Alabama Living Donor Protection Act.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) INSURER. Any entity that issues, delivers, or renews a policy.

(2) LIVING ORGAN DONOR. An individual who donates all or part of an organ and is not deceased.

(3) POLICY. Any of the following contracts:

a. Disability insurance as defined in Section 27-5-4.

b. Life insurance as defined in Section 27-5-2.

c. Long-term care insurance as defined in Section 27-19-103.

(c) An insurer may not:

(1) Decline or limit coverage of an individual under any policy solely, and without any additional actuarial risk, due to the status of the individual as a living organ donor;

(2) Require an individual to refrain from acting as a living organ donor as a condition for renewal of a policy; or

(3) Otherwise discriminate in the offering, issuance, cancellation, amount of coverage, price, or any other condition of a policy based solely, and without any additional actuarial risk, upon the status of an individual as a living organ donor.

Collected 2026-10-10T05:41:29Z. Source file · JSON

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