AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE POLICYHOLDERS.
To: (1) Establish a four-year moratorium on long-term care insurance premium rate increases; (2) require that the Insurance Department hold a public hearing for long-term care premium rate increase requests that exceed five per cent; (3) establish a personal income tax deduction for individual long-term care insurance policyholders for whom the premium rate for such policy increased by more than five per cent in a taxable year; and (4) establish a task force to (A) study the long-term care insurance industry, including, but not limited to, premium costs and alternative policy structures, including state-funded insurance pools for long-term care policyholders, and (B) provide recommendations to improve long-term care insurance affordability and coverage.
Introduced by:
Sen. Saud Anwar, 3rd Dist.