Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 19, 2010 |
committed to insurance |
Jan 06, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.456 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jul 16, 2009 |
committed to rules |
Jun 04, 2009 |
3rd reading cal.508 substituted for s3554 |
Mar 01, 2010 |
referred to insurance delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 23, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 22, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 09, 2010 |
1st report cal.130 |
Jan 25, 2010 |
reported and committed to codes |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to insurance |
Jun 04, 2009 |
substituted by a6843 |
Jun 03, 2009 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 02, 2009 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 01, 2009 |
1st report cal.508 |
Mar 24, 2009 |
referred to insurance |
Senate Bill S3554
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6843 - In Assembly Committee
- 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
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
2009-S3554 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6843
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §5103, Ins L
2009-S3554 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3554 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to losses sustained as a result of intoxication PURPOSE OF THE BILL : This bill would amend the Insurance Law to remedy statutory obstacles preventing health service providers from receiving compensation for emergency treatment they provide to injured persons who are either intoxicated or drug impaired. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill would amend Insurance Law § 5103(b) to prohibit a no-fault insurer from excluding from coverage a person who was injured as a result of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated or drug impaired, with respect to necessary emergency health services rendered in a general hospital, including ambulance services attendant thereto and related medical screening. Section 2 of the bill would provide that the bill will take effect 180 days after enactment and will apply to all policies issued, renewed,
2009-S3554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3554 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 24, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BRESLIN, STACHOWSKI, ESPADA, LARKIN -- (at request of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to losses sustained as a result of intoxication THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subsection (b) of section 5103 of the insur- ance law is amended to read as follows: (2) Is injured as a result of operating a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition or while his ability to operate such vehicle is impaired by the use of a drug within the meaning of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN INSURER SHALL NOT EXCLUDE SUCH PERSON FROM COVERAGE WITH RESPECT TO NECESSARY EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES RENDERED IN A GENERAL HOSPITAL, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, INCLUDING AMBULANCE SERVICES ATTENDANT THERETO AND RELATED MEDICAL SCREENING. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to all policies issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07424-02-9
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