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Assembly Bill A6783

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the department of insurance to establish an office within the department which handles complaints relative to long term care health insurance plans

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2011-A6783 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1117, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A6274

2011-A6783 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of insurance to establish an office within the department which would receive, investigate and take appropriate actions relative to long term care insurance plans involving making records of complaints available for public inspection.

2011-A6783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6783

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND,
  COLTON, GOTTFRIED, V. LOPEZ, McENENY, PEOPLES-STOKES,  PHEFFER,  PRET-
  LOW,  J. RIVERA,  ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring the  depart-
  ment  of  insurance to establish an office within the department which
  handles complaints relative to long term care health insurance plans

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

  Section  1.  Section  1117 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
new subsection (h) to read as follows:
  (H) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH AN  OFFICE  WITHIN  THE  DEPARTMENT
WHICH  SHALL  RECEIVE, INVESTIGATE AND TAKE ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION RELA-
TIVE TO COMPLAINTS MADE BY ANY PERSON WITH RESPECT TO ANY PLAN FOR  LONG
TERM  CARE  AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN  A  RECORD  OF  SUCH  COMPLAINTS  WHICH  SHALL
INCLUDE  THE  RESULTS  OF  ANY  INVESTIGATIONS MADE AND ANY ACTION TAKEN
RELATIVE TO SUCH COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. SUCH  RECORDS  SHALL  BE
MADE  AVAILABLE  TO  THE PUBLIC FOR INSPECTION, EXCEPT THAT THE NAMES OF
THE COMPLAINANTS SHALL BE DELETED FROM SUCH RECORDS PRIOR  TO  THE  TIME
SUCH RECORDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR INSPECTION.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02341-01-1

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