Living organ donors; to prohibit discrimination in obtaining insurance coverage, provide paid medical leave for public employees who donate organs and a tax credit to private sector employers that provide similar paid leave to their employees
What changed between versions
The document header was updated from 'Insurance 1st Substitute' to 'HB361 Engrossed', indicating the bill has passed its committee stages and is in its final form.
The definition of 'Policy' was updated to explicitly include 'Long-term care insurance' as a covered contract type.
The definition of 'Policy' was expanded to include the Code of Alabama citation for Long-term care insurance.
The insurer discrimination clause was expanded to explicitly list 'condition of a policy' as a prohibited basis for discrimination.
The requirements for state employee leave were updated to require approval from the State Director of Personnel.
The requirements for local government employee leave were streamlined to require approval from the appointing authority or executive head of the department.
A new Section 4 was added to specifically define 'public employee' and outline leave procedures for state employees, separating them from local government employees in Section 3.