Assembly Bill A160

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates office of insurance consumer advocate within department of financial services

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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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2019-A160 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4817
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §210-a, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4444
2011-2012: S2220, S6210
2013-2014: S3239
2015-2016: A7991, S2795
2017-2018: A103, S3614
2021-2022: A1208, S5208
2023-2024: S7909

2019-A160 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the office of insurance consumer advocate within the department of financial services; provides that the office shall consist of five members; describes powers and duties; provides that such office be funded by an assessment upon domestic insurers and licensed U.S. branches of alien insurers domiciled in NYS.

2019-A160 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    160
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance  law, in relation to establishing the
   office of insurance consumer advocate within the department of  finan-
   cial services and describing its powers and duties

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section  210-a
 to read as follows:
   §  210-A.  OFFICE  OF INSURANCE CONSUMER ADVOCATE. (A) THERE IS HEREBY
 CREATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THE OFFICE OF INSURANCE CONSUMER ADVOCATE,
 HEREAFTER REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AS THE OFFICE. SUCH  OFFICE  SHALL
 CONSIST  OF FIVE MEMBERS, THREE OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SECRE-
 TARY OF STATE AND TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE  SUPERINTENDENT.
 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICE SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICE AS
 MEMBERS,  BUT  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  THEIR  ACTUAL  AND NECESSARY EXPENSES
 INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
   (B) THE OFFICE, TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SHALL:
   (1) ASSESS THE IMPACT OF INSURANCE  REGULATORY  ACTIONS  ON  NEW  YORK
 CONSUMERS.  SUCH ASSESSMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR
 SUBSCRIBER RATE CHANGES FILED BY  HEALTH  INSURANCE  PROVIDERS  LICENSED
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER AND ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   (2) APPEAR AT PUBLIC HEARINGS AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF CONSUMERS, TREAT-
 ED AS A CLASS, WITH RESPECT TO RATE-SETTING MATTERS THAT ARE BEFORE  THE
 SUPERINTENDENT THAT AFFECT THE CONSUMING PUBLIC.
   (3)  POSSESS  ALL RIGHTS AND POWERS OF ANY PARTY AT INTEREST APPEARING
 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARD TO EXAMINATION  AND  CROSS-EXAMINATION
 OF WITNESSES AND PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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