00 Enrolled HB 394                                                                                                         
01 Relating to allowing insurance policy forms to be filed and approved in languages other than                            
02 English if an official English language version is also filed, and authorizing use of insurance                         
03 policy forms and associated materials in languages other than English.                                                  
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05    * Section 1. AS 21.42 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
06            Sec. 21.42.175. Non-English translations. (a) The director may approve an                                  
07       insurance policy form in a language other than English if the insurance policy form                               
08                 (1)  is filed with a copy of the same material in English; and                                          
09                 (2)  discloses, in both English and the language other than English, that                               
10       the English language version is the official version and the non-English language                                 
11       version is for informational purposes only.                                                                       
12            (b)  The English language version of the insurance policy form or associated                                 
13       material shall be the official version for purposes of application and interpretation if                          
01       the non-English insurance policy form or associated material                                                      
02                 (1)  is provided with a copy of the same material in English; and                                       
03                 (2)  discloses, in both English and the language other than English, that                               
04       the English language version is the official version and the non-English language                                 
05       version is for informational purposes only.                                                                       
06            (c)  An insurer may not misrepresent information in an insurance policy form                                 
07       or associated material translated into a language other than English.  For purposes of                            
08       this subsection, "misrepresent information" means to include a statement or omit a                                
09       statement when, taken in the context of the whole presentation, the statement or                                  
10       omission may tend to mislead or deceive the person or persons addressed.                                          
11            (d)  For purposes of this section, "associated material" means advertising and                               
12       marketing information including brochures, pamphlets, or electronic media used to                                 
13       describe or promote the insurance policy form.