Colorado § 25-48-115 - Insurance or annuity policies.
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§ 25-48-115. Insurance or annuity policies.
(1) The sale, procurement, or issuance of, or the rate charged for, any life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy must not be conditioned upon, or affected by, an individual's act of making or rescinding a request for medical aid-in-dying medication in accordance with this article.
(2) A qualified individual's act of self-administering medical aid-in-dying medication pursuant to this article does not affect a life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy.
(3) An insurer shall not deny or otherwise alter health-care benefits available under a policy of sickness and accident insurance to an individual with a terminal illness who is covered under the policy, based on whether or not the individual makes a request pursuant to this article.
(4) An individual with a terminal illness who is a member of medical assistance under the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act", articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5, shall not be denied benefits under the medical assistance program or have the member's benefits under the program otherwise altered based on whether or not the member makes a request pursuant to this article 48.
Source: Initiated 2016: Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, p. 2811, § 1, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 16, 2016. L. 2024: (4) amended, (SB 24-176), ch. 152, p. 675, § 103, effective August 7.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 25-48-115 ("Insurance or annuity policies.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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