BILL NUMBER:A10107
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to ambu-
lance subscription or membership programs
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill legitimizes ambulance
subscriptions or membership programs, arrangements in which a person
pays an ambulance service an annual fee so that the participant in such
a program will not incur any out of pocket expenses if ambulance
services are needed.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Adds new section 1124 to the insurance
law, which exempts voluntary ambulance services from the licensing
requirements set forth in Article 11 of the insurance law if 1) such a
service is available to anyone and 2) the entity or representative of
the ambulance subscription notifies the participant that the service
provider is not contractually obligated to provide an ambulance every
time a participant makes such a request. Furthermore, the participant
must acknowledge this qualification in writing prior to paying for such
services.
JUSTIFICATION: This bill is necessary to legitimize the use of ambu-
lance subscriptions and membership programs that are not only helpful
and cost-saving for participants, but also constitute an important fund-
ing source for volunteer ambulance services.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10107
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 4, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to ambulance subscription
or membership programs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 1124
to read as follows:
S 1124. AMBULANCE SUBSCRIPTION OR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS; EXEMPTION. AN
AMBULANCE SUBSCRIPTION OR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES THAT FOR
PAYMENT OF A SET FEE THAT NO CHARGE SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR UTILIZATION OF
ALL OR PART OF A VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE SERVICE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, MAY BE OFFERED BY THE ENTI-
TY PROVIDING SUCH AMBULANCE SERVICE WITHOUT SUCH ENTITY BEING LICENSED
UNDER THIS CHAPTER AND WITHOUT SUCH ENTITY BEING SUBJECT TO ANY
PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT: (A) PARTICIPATION
IN SUCH SUBSCRIPTION OR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM MUST BE AVAILABLE TO ANY
PERSON; AND (B) SUCH ENTITY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE MUST INFORM A PERSON,
AND HAVE SUCH PERSON ACKNOWLEDGE IN WRITING PRIOR TO ANY PAYMENT, THAT
THE PROVIDER OF AMBULANCE SERVICE IS NOT CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED BY THE
TERMS OF THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SERVICES EACH TIME A REQUEST FOR
SERVICES IS MADE.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16121-02-0
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