Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 30, 2010 |
signed chap.448 |
Aug 18, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2010 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.685 substituted for s7772 |
Jun 17, 2010 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.221 rules report cal.221 reported |
Jun 16, 2010 |
reported referred to rules |
May 19, 2010 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A11131
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SILVER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Joseph Morelle
Richard Gottfried
Susan John
Joan Millman
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Jeffrion Aubry
Jonathan Bing
Kevin Cahill
2009-A11131 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7772
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1123, Ins L
2009-A11131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A11131 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the definition of an independent worker and requirements for an eligible insurer's application Purpose Or General Idea Of Bill: Clarifies the definition of independ- ent worker as it relates to the Freelancers insurance Company. Summary Of Specific Provisions: Section 1 clarifies the definition of "independent worker" in Insurance Law § 1123 to include (1) individuals who work full-time for a single employer on a temporary basis and (2) domestic workers such as nannies. Section 2 permits an eligible association administering this plan to charge a fixed fee to determine eligibility of applicants to the health program. Section 3 is the effective date. Justification: Independent workers such as part-time workers, temps, freelancers and independent contractors have a particularly difficult time finding affordable health insurance because they cannot get cover- age on a group basis through their employer. To address this problem, the legislature enacted Chapter 447 of 2009 that creates special demon- stration authority for the Insurance Department to permit a health
2009-A11131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11131 I N A S S E M B L Y May 19, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SILVER, MORELLE, GOTTFRIED, JOHN, MILLMAN, BREN- NAN, FARRELL, POWELL, LENTOL, GLICK, PHEFFER, WEINSTEIN -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, AUBRY, BING, CAHILL, CLARK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, HEVESI, JAFFEE, KOON, LANCMAN, MAGEE, MENG, O'DONNELL, PERRY, PRETLOW, ROSENTHAL, SCARBOROUGH, SKARTADOS, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the definition of an independent worker and requirements for an eligible insurer's applica- tion THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 1123 of the insur- ance law, as added by section 447 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (3) "Independent worker" means an individual who: (A) is an independ- ent contractor; (B) is self-employed; (C) works part-time; (D) obtains temporary work through an employment agency; [or] (E) performs temporary work for two or more employers simultaneously; (F) IS A DOMESTIC CHILD CARE WORKER; OR (G) WORKS FULL-TIME FOR A SINGLE EMPLOYER ON A TEMPORARY BASIS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED EIGHTEEN MONTHS IF SUCH EMPLOYER DOES NOT OFFER GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED ON SUCH A TEMPORARY BASIS. An individual is not an independent worker if he or she is employed full-time by a single employer, with the exception of an individual who [obtains full-time temporary work through an employment agency] MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF CLAUSE (D), (F) OR (G) OF THIS PARA- GRAPH. S 2. Paragraph 3 of subsection (c) of section 1123 of the insurance law, as added by section 447 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (3) Any eligible insurer seeking the superintendent's approval under paragraph two of this subsection shall submit a written request to the superintendent within thirty days of the effective date of this section. The eligible insurer's application shall: specify the identity and composition of the eligible association, the eligible association's EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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