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§ 83-71-9. Health carrier or insurance professional taking adverse action on the basis of a medical condition health carrier or insurance professional knows is abuse-related required to provide explanation for action

MS Code § 83-71-9 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Does not have the purpose or effect of treating abuse status as a medical condition or underwriting criterion;

(b) Is not based upon any actual or perceived correlation between a medical condition and abuse;

(c) Is otherwise permissible by law and applies in the same manner and to the same extent to all applicants and insureds with a similar medical condition without regard to whether the condition or claim is abuse-related; and

(d) Except for claim actions, is based on a determination, made in conformance with sound actuarial principles and supported by reasonable statistical evidence, that there is a correlation between the medical condition and a material increase in insurance risk.

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