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MA H1252
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jay Livingstone
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AI Summary
- Adds "gender identity" as a protected category to Massachusetts insurance law (Chapter 175), placing it alongside existing protections based on sex
- Defines gender identity as a person's gender-related identity, appearance, or behavior, whether or not different from that traditionally associated with assigned sex at birth
- Allows gender identity to be demonstrated through medical history, treatment records, consistent assertion of identity, or other evidence showing it is sincerely held as part of core identity
- Amends four sections of insurance law (Sections 4C, 24A, 120F, and 122) to add gender identity protections
- Effective date: January 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Relative to gender identity in insurance
Last Action
Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
5/7/2025
Committee Referrals
Financial Services2/27/2025
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