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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Senate Bill S4242
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S4242 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2101, Ins L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S7651
2019-2020: S3508
2021-2022: S3772
2017-S4242 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4242 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to adjusting claims on behalf of municipal cooperative health benefit plans PURPOSE : This bill excepts health insurers adjusting claims on behalf of a municipal cooperative health benefit plan from the definition of "independent adjuster." SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one amends subsection (B) of section (1) of paragraph (g) of section 2101 of the insurance law to provide that a health insurer is not acting as an independent adjuster when it adjusts claims on behalf of a municipal cooperative health benefit plan certified pursuant to article forty seven of the insurance law. Section 2 sets the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Article 47 of the insurance law includes a number of provisions that together permit municipalities to form a cooperative health benefit
2017-S4242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4242 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to adjusting claims on behalf of municipal cooperative health benefit plans THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (g) of section 2101 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 301 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (B) any officer, director or regular salaried employee of an insurer authorized to write accident and health insurance, a corporation licensed under article forty-three of this chapter (collectively, as used in this paragraph, a "health insurer") or a health maintenance organization, or any manager thereof, individual or corporate, when the claim to be adjusted is issued or administered by another health insurer or health maintenance organization within the same holding company system as the health insurer or health maintenance organization adjust- ing the claim OR IS ADJUSTED ON BEHALF OF A MUNICIPAL COOPERATIVE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER; § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01683-01-7
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