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4th Session, 41st Legislature

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Bill 210

THE INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT

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Explanatory Note

(Assented to )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. I40 amended

The Insurance Act is amended by this Act.

The following is added after subsection 165(2):

No denial if death because of medical assistance in dying

165(3)

If the death of a person whose life is insured results from receiving medical assistance in dying as defined in

section 241.1 of the Criminal Code (Canada), the death is not to be considered to be the result of suicide and the insurer cannot rely on a provision in the contract that provides that it is void or the amount payable under it is reduced in the event of suicide.

Coming into force

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends The Insurance Act . If a person insured under a life insurance policy dies as the result of medical assistance in dying, the death is not a suicide and the insurer cannot rely on a provision in the contract that would deny or reduce benefits in the case of suicide.

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Collection	Manitoba — Debates (Hansard)
Citation	41-4 b210e.php
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	41 4 b210e.php
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	6a53accfe94178649533afad4da166564ba79572

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