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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » ISC - Insurance » Article 26 - Unfair Claim Settlement Practices; Other Misconduct; Discrimination » 2616 – Discrimination Because of Status as a Living Organ or Tissue Donor.
§  2616.  Discrimination because of status as a living organ or tissue
donor. (a) No insurer or entity authorized to do the kinds  of  business
specified  in  paragraph  one  or three of subsection (a) of section one
thousand one hundred thirteen of this chapter shall decline  to  provide
or  limit  coverage  of an insured under any life or accident and health
insurance policy  or  otherwise  discriminate  in  the  premium  rating,
offering,  issuance,  cancellation,  amount  of  coverage  or  any other
condition, based solely upon the status of an insured as a living  organ
or tissue donor and without additional actuarial risks.

(b) No insurer or entity authorized to do the kinds of business specified in paragraph one or three of subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen of this chapter shall preclude an insured from donating all or part of an organ or tissue as a condition or receiving or continuing to receive life or accident and health insurance coverage.

(c) As used in this section, the terms "organ" and "tissue" shall have the same meanings as are provided therefor in section forty-three hundred sixty of the public health law.