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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 22, § 37. Discrimination prohibited; health insurance coverage; district attorney's office retirees

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. No health insurance issuer shall refuse to accept for enrollment any individual formerly employed by a district attorney's office in this state when all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The health insurance issuer maintains a policy of group health coverage for which the district attorney's office is the group policyholder.

(2) The individual was formerly a certificate holder of a policy for which the district attorney's office was at that time the group policyholder.

(3) The individual is no longer employed by the district attorney's office as a result of retirement.

(4) The individual is not yet eligible for Medicare.

(5) The district attorney's office is funded by a local sales and use tax dedicated to the operations of the office.

B. The health insurance issuer shall not discriminate between an active employee of a district attorney's office and a retired former employee of the same district attorney's office on the basis of active or retired status.

C. (1) This Section does not require a health insurance issuer to provide coverage for a retired former employee under circumstances in which an active employee could lawfully be denied coverage nor requires a health insurance issuer to offer terms, rates, or benefits to a retired former employee that the issuer is not required to offer to an active employee.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, this Section shall not be construed to do any of the following:

(a) Require a district attorney's office to offer health insurance coverage to retired former employees.

(b) Prohibit a district attorney's office from offering health insurance coverage only to active employees.

(c) Prohibit a health insurance issuer from offering coverage that complies with an eligibility decision of a district attorney's office.

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