Assembly Bill A99A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Redefines "small group" for the purposes of sections 3231 and 4317 of the insurance law

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A99 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8500
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3231 & 4317, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9980, S6917
2015-2016: A1154, S2366
2019-2020: A172
2021-2022: A1039

2017-A99 - Summary

Redefines "small group" for the purposes of certain provisions of sections 3231 and 4317 of the insurance law.

2017-A99 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    99
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL, GARBARINO, STIRPE, HEVESI, MAGNARELLI,
   ZEBROWSKI, STECK, QUART, LUPINACCI, RAIA, BRINDISI,  OAKS,  FRIEND  --
   Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. FITZPATRICK, KEARNS, STEC -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to rating  of  individual
   and small group health insurance contracts and policies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (a) of section 3231 of the insur-
 ance law, as amended by section 69 of part D of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  No  individual health insurance policy and no group health insur-
 ance policy covering between one and fifty employees or members  of  the
 group, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (H) OF THIS SECTION, or between
 one  and  one  hundred  employees  or  members of the group for policies
 issued or renewed on or after January first, two thousand sixteen exclu-
 sive of spouses and dependents,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  a  small
 group,  providing  hospital  and/or medical benefits, including medicare
 supplemental insurance, shall be issued in this state unless such policy
 is community rated and, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the
 underwriting of such policy involves no more than the  imposition  of  a
 pre-existing  condition  limitation if otherwise permitted by this arti-
 cle.
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subsection (h) of section 3231  of  the  insurance
 law,  as  added by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,  no  insurer,
 subsidiary  of  an  insurer,  or  controlled person of a holding company
 system may act as an administrator or claims paying agent, as opposed to
 an insurer, on behalf of small groups which, if  they  purchased  insur-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2017-A99A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8500
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3231 & 4317, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9980, S6917
2015-2016: A1154, S2366
2019-2020: A172
2021-2022: A1039

2017-A99A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Redefines "small group" for the purposes of certain provisions of sections 3231 and 4317 of the insurance law.

2017-A99A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   99--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL, GARBARINO, STIRPE, HEVESI, MAGNARELLI,
   ZEBROWSKI, STECK, QUART, RAIA, BRINDISI, OAKS, FRIEND, KOLB --  Multi-
   Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. FITZPATRICK, STEC -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Insurance  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
   Insurance  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to rating  of  individual
   and small group health insurance contracts and policies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (a) of section 3231 of the insur-
 ance law, as amended by section 69 of part D of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  No  individual health insurance policy and no group health insur-
 ance policy covering between one and fifty employees or members  of  the
 group, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (H) OF THIS SECTION, or between
 one  and  one  hundred  employees  or  members of the group for policies
 issued or renewed on or after January first, two thousand sixteen exclu-
 sive of spouses and dependents,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  a  small
 group,  providing  hospital  and/or medical benefits, including medicare
 supplemental insurance, shall be issued in this state unless such policy
 is community rated and, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the
 underwriting of such policy involves no more than the  imposition  of  a
 pre-existing  condition  limitation if otherwise permitted by this arti-
 cle.
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subsection (h) of section 3231  of  the  insurance
 law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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