(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.
A qualified individual's act of self-administering medical aid-in-dying medicationpursuant to this article does not affect a life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy.
An insurer shall not deny or otherwise alter health care benefits available under apolicy 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.
An individual with a terminal illness who is a recipient of medical assistance underthe "Colorado Medical Assistance Act", articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S. shall not be denied benefits under the medical assistance program or have his or her benefits under the program otherwise altered based on whether or not the individual makes a request pursuant to this article.
Source: Initiated 2016: Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, p. 2811, § 1, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 16, 2016.