Bill would ban HIV/AIDS discrimination in contracts and insurance

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1. The bill would declare void any contract clauses that exclude a person for having HIV/AIDS or another health condition. Waiving this protection would also be void for the affected party.
2. The initiative started with a proposal by the Parliament of Navarre and seeks to remove discriminatory clauses that, according to the text, increase the social stigma of people living with HIV.
3. The bill would add a rule to the Insurance Contract Law banning discrimination based on HIV/AIDS or other health conditions. Insurers could not deny coverage, use different procedures from the usual ones, or impose costlier terms, unless based on justified, proportionate and documented reasons.
4. The Government would have one year to present a bill extending these principles to other diseases. The law would take effect the day it is published in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).

Who it affects

• People with HIV/AIDS or other health conditions: They could not be excluded from contracts for that reason, and clauses that do so would be void.
• People buying insurance: Insurers could not deny them coverage or impose harsher terms for that reason, unless for justified and documented causes.
• Companies and insurers: They could not include clauses discriminating based on these health conditions.

Words worth knowing

Nulidad (nullity)

A clause has no legal value, as if it did not exist.

Texto refundido (consolidated text)

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Disposición final (final provision)

The closing part of a law dealing with matters such as when it takes effect or changes to other laws.

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