Assembly Actions -
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Assembly Bill A9683
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BROWN K
Current Bill Status - 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
co-Sponsors
Lester Chang
Brian F. Curran
Joe DeStefano
2023-A9683 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §343, Ins L
2023-A9683 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9683 I N A S S E M B L Y April 3, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN, CHANG, CURRAN, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring the super- intendent of financial services to audit certain reports submitted by insurers to ensure such insurers are in full compliance with federal and state mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 343 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 207 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: (a) (I) Beginning July first, two thousand nineteen and every two years thereafter, each insurer providing managed care products, individ- ual comprehensive accident and health insurance or group or blanket comprehensive accident and health insurance, each corporation organized pursuant to article forty-three of this chapter providing comprehensive health insurance and each entity licensed pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law providing comprehensive health service plans shall submit to the superintendent, in a form and manner prescribed by the superintendent, a report detailing the entity's compliance with federal and state mental health and substance use disorder parity laws based on the entity's record during the preceding two calendar years. The superintendent shall publish on the department's website on or before October first, two thousand nineteen, and every two years there- after, the reports submitted pursuant to this section. (II) THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL AUDIT EACH REPORT SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH AUDIT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, AN EXAM- INATION OF EACH SUCH REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE INSURER FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING IF SUCH INSURER IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PARITY REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDI- TION, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL INVESTIGATE ALL CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF INSURER IMPROPRIETIES AND NONCOMPLIANCE. WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT MAKES A DETERMINATION THAT AN INSURER HAS WILLFULLY VIOLATED FEDERAL OR STATE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PARITY REQUIREMENTS, THE SUPER- INTENDENT SHALL PROVIDE SUCH FINDINGS, INCLUDING THE REASON OR REASONS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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