The purpose of this act is to promote the public interest, to promote the availability of long-term care insurance policies, to protect applicants for long-term care insurance, as defined, from unfair or deceptive sales or enrollment practices, to establish standards for long-term care insurance, to facilitate public understanding and comparison of long-term care insurance policies, and to facilitate flexibility and innovation in the development of long-term care insurance coverage.
W. Va. Code § 33-15A-2
Declaration of policy and purpose
Known as the West Virginia Long-Term Care Insurance Act
The act spans §§ 33–33 (11 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 204 W. Va. 430 - Wickland v. American Travellers Life Insurance (1998)
Most recently applied in 204 W. Va. 430 - Wickland v. American Travellers Life Insurance (November 1998)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.