Senate Bill S1761

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes provisions related to mandated health insurance benefits

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1761 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §68, Leg L; add §215, Ins L

2009-S1761 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that bills which relate to mandating certain health insurance coverage be reviewed by the superintendent of insurance to assess the impact of such mandate including cost; requires the superintendent of insurance to study the costs and other aspects of existing health insurance coverage mandates.

2009-S1761 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1761

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the insurance law,  in  relation
  to mandated health insurance benefits

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that there  is  a
growing  crisis  in  both the availability and cost of health insurance.
Millions of New Yorkers, many of whom are employed, are uninsured.  Many
persons  who  would otherwise purchase individual coverage are precluded
from doing so because of the cost.  Numerous factors can be tied to  the
escalating  cost of health insurance such as the aging population, tech-
nological advances, the cost of malpractice insurance  and  the  unknown
cost of mandated benefits and services.
  The  legislature  further  finds  a need to explore every avenue which
might lead to lower costs and increased availability  of  health  insur-
ance.  The legislature therefore desires to examine the process by which
mandated benefits and services are incorporated into New York's statutes
and to evaluate the costs associated with  the  existing  statutory  and
regulatory   requirements   which  mandate  the  current  coverages  and
services.   Therefore, the legislature  declares  that  no  bills  which
mandate  a particular benefit or service shall be considered by a stand-
ing committee until a full assessment, by the New York  state  insurance
department,  is  made  of  the  impact of the proposed mandated benefit.
Further, the legislature directs  the  superintendent  of  insurance  to
undertake  a  study of existing health insurance mandates, concentrating
on several specific aspects and possible consequences of mandated  bene-
fits and services.
  S 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 68 to read
as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04065-01-9
              

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