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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 38-71-105: Disability income insurance.

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  1. Title 38 - INSURANCE
  2. CHAPTER 71 Accident and Health Insurance
  3. ARTICLE 1 General Provisions

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a disability income insurance policy issued in this State, may not:

(1) decline or limit coverage of a person under any disability income insurance policy solely due to the status of such person as a living organ donor;

(2) preclude an insured from donating all or part of an organ as a condition of continuing to receive a disability income insurance policy; or

(3) discriminate in the offering, issuance, cancellation, amount of such coverage, price, or any other condition of a disability income insurance policy for a person, based solely and without any additional actuarial risks upon the status of such person as a living organ donor.

(B) The Department of Insurance may take actions to enforce subsection (A) as authorized under this title.

(C) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Disability income insurance policy" means a contract under which an entity promises to pay an insured a sum of money in the event that an illness or injury resulting in a disability prevents the insured from working.

(2) "Living organ donor" means an individual who has donated all or part of an organ and is not deceased.

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