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Assembly Bill A11462

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to making live organ donors eligible for free health insurance, term life insurance and student loan forgiveness

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2009-A11462 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §369-ee, Soc Serv L; add §3240, Ins L; add §667-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A2488

2009-A11462 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to making live organ donors eligible for free health insurance, term life insurance and student loan forgiveness.

2009-A11462 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  11462

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 15, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Brodsky) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  making  live
  organ  donors  eligible  for free coverage from family health plus; to
  amend the insurance law, in relation to providing for a free term life
  insurance policy for live organ donors; and  to  amend  the  education
  law,  in  relation  to  creating  a post-graduation tuition assistance
  program for live organ donors

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 2 of section 369-ee of the
social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read
as follows:
  (VI) HAS DONATED AN ORGAN IN THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS. AN INDIVIDUAL
ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES
UNDER THIS SECTION NOTWITHSTANDING ANY ADDITIONAL  ELIGIBILITY  REQUIRE-
MENTS  OUTLINED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
HEALTH CARE SERVICES UNDER THIS SECTION  WITHOUT  PAYMENT  OF  PREMIUMS;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT SUCH PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF
CO-PAYMENTS AND  OTHERWISE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  LIMITATIONS  OF  COST  AND
SERVICES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.
  S 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3240 to read
as follows:
  S  3240.  TERM LIFE INSURANCE FOR ORGAN DONATION. 1. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
HAS MADE A LIVE DONATION TO A REGISTERED ORGAN DONATION ORGANIZATION  OR
REGISTRY  SHALL  RECEIVE  A  FIVE  YEAR TERM LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, UPON
APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, SO LONG AS SUCH APPLICATION  IS  RECEIVED
WITHIN  TWELVE MONTHS OF THE DATE OF DONATION. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE
ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
  2. THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH POLICY SHALL BE PROMULGATED BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS  WHETHER  SUCH  POLICY  SHALL  BE  RENEWABLE;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO PERSON ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH POLICY UNDER THIS
SECTION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PASS OR OTHERWISE BE SUBJECT  TO  A  PHYSI-
CIAN'S  EXAMINATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONSIDER

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

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