S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9408
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. LATIMER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage for
mentally or physically disabled dependents
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 1 of subsection (d) of
section 4304 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 240 of the laws
of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
(A) No contract issued pursuant to this section shall entitle more
than one person to benefits except that a contract issued and marked as
a "family contract" [may] SHALL provide that benefits will be furnished
to a husband and wife, or husband, wife and their dependent child or
children, or any child or children not over nineteen years of age,
provided that an unmarried student at an accredited institution of
learning may be considered a dependent until he OR SHE becomes twenty-
three years of age, provided that the coverage of any such "family
contract" [may] SHALL include, at the option of the insurer, any unmar-
ried child until attaining age twenty-five, and provided also that the
coverage of any such "family contract" shall include any other unmarried
child, regardless of age, who is incapable of self-sustaining employment
by reason of mental illness, developmental disability, OR mental retar-
dation, as defined in the mental hygiene law, [or physical handicap and
who became so incapable prior to attainment of the age at which depend-
ent coverage would otherwise terminate,] so that such child may be
considered a dependent.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15208-01-0
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