Bill Text: WV HB2843 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Require medical malpractice insurers to establish a separate insurance pool for doctors who conduct abortions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-02 - To House Banking and Insurance [HB2843 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB2843-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2843
By Delegates Keaton, Barnhart, Wamsley, Holstein, and Haynes
[Introduced March 02, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §33-20B-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring insurers of physicians who perform abortions to establish a separate insurance pool.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 20B. RATES AND MALPRACTICE INSURANCE POLICIES.
§33-20B-9. Authority of commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations regarding affiliate and subsidiary operating results; and insurance pools by insurers of physicians who perform abortions.
The commissioner may as he or she deems considers
necessary after notice and hearing promulgate rules and regulations in
accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to define the commissioner’s
authority to consider the operating results of an insurer’s affiliates and
subsidiaries in the rate making and solvency determination of that insurer: Provided,
That prior to July 1, 2021, the commissioner shall promulgate rules in
accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code that provide that insurers
of physicians who perform abortions shall establish a separate insurance pool: Provided,
however, That malpractice insurance premiums may not be lower under this
separate pool than they would otherwise be to insure the physician.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require insurers of physicians who perform abortions to establish a separate insurance pool.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
