Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 13, 2017 |
signed chap.317 |
Sep 01, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.405 substituted for a7737 |
Jun 14, 2017 |
referred to insurance delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 24, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
May 23, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
May 22, 2017 |
1st report cal.1081 |
Apr 26, 2017 |
referred to insurance |
Senate Bill S5723
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
2017-S5723 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7737
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4304, Ins L
2017-S5723 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5723 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to conforming changes to discontinuance notices PURPOSE : To make discontinuance notices consistent across not-for-profit, HMO, group and commercial plans SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill reduces the time period not-for-profit and health maintenance organizations of a notice of the discontinuance of an insurance product from 5 months to 90 days. Section 2 of the bill provides an effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Currently, not-for-profit (NFP) health plans and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are required to give members notice of the discontinuance of an Individual insurance product 5 months prior to termination of coverage, whereas both commercial Individual coverage and group coverage are required to give members a discontinuance notice 90 days prior to termination. This disparity in requirements
2017-S5723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5723 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 26, 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 conforming changes to discontinuance notices THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Item (i) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph 2 of subsection (c) of section 4304 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 388 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: (i) Discontinuance of a class of contract upon not less than [five months'] NINETY DAYS' prior written notice. In exercising the option to discontinue coverage pursuant to this item, the corporation must act uniformly without regard to any health status-related factor of enrolled individuals or individuals who may become eligible for such coverage and must offer to subscribers or group remitting agents, as may be appropri- ate, the option to purchase all other individual health insurance cover- age currently being offered by the corporation to applicants in that market. Provided, however, the superintendent may, after giving due consideration to the public interest, approve a request made by a corpo- ration for the corporation to satisfy the requirements of this item through the offering of contracts at each level of coverage as defined in section 1302(d) of the affordable care act, 42 U.S.C. § 18022(d) that contains the benefits described in paragraph one of subsection (b) of section four thousand three hundred twenty-eight of this chapter by another corporation, insurer or health maintenance organization within the corporation's same holding company system, as defined in article fifteen 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. LBD11235-01-7
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