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Assembly Bill A10211

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits health insurers from removing covered services and benefits upon contract renewal

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2015-A10211 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5029
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S5777

2015-A10211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no covered services or benefits under a policy of accident and health insurance shall be altered or modified under a contract for renewal.

2015-A10211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10211

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Insurance

AN  ACT  to  amend  the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting health
  insurers from removing covered services  and  benefits  upon  contract
  renewal

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

  Section 1. Section 3216 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
new subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
  (C-1)  NO  COVERED SERVICES OR BENEFITS UNDER A POLICY OF ACCIDENT AND
HEALTH INSURANCE SHALL BE ALTERED  OR  MODIFIED  UNDER  A  CONTRACT  FOR
RENEWAL.
  S  2.  Section  3221  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
  (C-1) NO COVERED SERVICES OR BENEFITS UNDER A POLICY OF  ACCIDENT  AND
HEALTH  INSURANCE  SHALL  BE  ALTERED  OR  MODIFIED UNDER A CONTRACT FOR
RENEWAL.
  S 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
  (C-1)  NO  COVERED SERVICES OR BENEFITS UNDER A POLICY OF ACCIDENT AND
HEALTH INSURANCE SHALL BE ALTERED  OR  MODIFIED  UNDER  A  CONTRACT  FOR
RENEWAL.
  S  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall apply to all policies and contracts  issued,
renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15249-01-6

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