Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 18, 2022 |
signed chap.161 delivered to governor |
Feb 28, 2022 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.443 substituted for a8725 |
Jan 25, 2022 |
referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 18, 2022 |
ordered to third reading cal.163 |
Jan 11, 2022 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7797
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
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
2021-S7797 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8725
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3458, Ins L (as proposed in S.653-A & A.651-A)
2021-S7797 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7797 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to defining the term property/casualty insurance and providing for the electronic delivery of a policy notice or document by an insurer to a party who consents to such delivery PURPOSE: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L. 2021, c. 761, to clarify provisions related to providing for the elec- tronic delivery of a policy notice or document by an insurer to a party who consents to such delivery SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation amends the underlying chapter by defining the term "property/casualty insurance." Additionally, it adds language to clarify that an insurer must obtain the consumer's affirmative consent to deliv-
2021-S7797 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7797 I N S E N A T E January 11, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to defining the term property/casualty insurance and providing for the electronic delivery of a policy notice or document by an insurer to a party who consents to such delivery THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (a), and subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), (g) and (l) of section 3458 of the insurance law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the insurance law relating to electronic delivery of property/casualty insurance notices, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 653-A and A. 651-A, are amended and a new paragraph 3 is added to subsection (a) to read as follows: (B) posting on an electronic network or site accessible via the inter- net, mobile application, computer, mobile device, tablet, or any other electronic device, together with separate notice of the posting which shall be provided by electronic mail to the address at which the party has consented to receive notice or by any other ELECTRONIC delivery method that has been consented to by the party. (3) "PROPERTY/CASUALTY INSURANCE" MEANS BASIC KINDS OF INSURANCE AND NON-BASIC KINDS OF INSURANCE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED THAT "PROPERTY/CASUALTY INSURANCE" SHALL NOT INCLUDE ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER. (b) Subject to the requirements of this section, any notice to a party or any other document required under [applicable law] THIS CHAPTER in a property/casualty insurance transaction or that is to serve as evidence of property/casualty insurance coverage may be delivered[, stored, and presented] by electronic means so long as it meets the requirements of article three of the state technology law. WHERE THIS CHAPTER REQUIRES THAT NOTICE BE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO AN ADDRESS SHOWN IN THE POLICY, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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