§2332-B. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
1.
Definitions.
As used in this section, "HIV" and "antibody to HIV" have the same meanings as set out in Title 5, section 19201.
[PL 1991, c. 3, §2 (NEW).]
2.
Prohibitions.
No individual or group hospital, medical or health care service contract delivered or issued for delivery in this State, other than a contract that provides benefits for specific diseases or accidental injuries only, may provide more restrictive coverage for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or ARC, HIV-related diseases or for related services, than for any other disease or sickness, or exclude coverage for AIDS, ARC or HIV-related diseases, except through an exclusion under which all diseases and sicknesses are treated equally.
[PL 1991, c. 3, §2 (NEW).]
3.
Test results.
No nonprofit hospital or medical services organization or nonprofit health care plan may request any person to reveal whether the person has obtained a test for the presence of antibodies to HIV or a test to measure the virus or to reveal the results of such tests taken prior to an application for coverage.
[PL 1991, c. 3, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 176, §1 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 3, §2 (RPR).