S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6015
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 10, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. COOK, GOTTFRIED, ROBINSON, PEOPLES-STOKES,
ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, ROSENTHAL -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
to disclosure and access to health insurance plan documents
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 3217-a of the
insurance law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
er contracts AND, UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF AN INDIVIDUAL COVERED
UNDER A GROUP CONTRACT WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,
PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH CONTRACT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF
SUCH REQUEST;
S 2. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 4324 of the insurance
law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
follows:
(3) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
er contracts AND, UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF AN INDIVIDUAL COVERED
UNDER A GROUP CONTRACT WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,
PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH CONTRACT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF
SUCH REQUEST;
S 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 4408 of the public
health law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
er contracts AND, UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF AN INDIVIDUAL COVERED
UNDER A GROUP CONTRACT WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,
PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH CONTRACT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF
SUCH REQUEST;
S 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06991-01-5