S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1595
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Insurance
AN ACT extending certain payments and debt collections for the COVID-19
covered period
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. For the purposes of this act, "COVID-19 covered period"
means March 7, 2020 until the date on which none of the provisions that
closed or otherwise restricted public or private businesses or places of
public accommodation, or required postponement or cancellation of all
non-essential gatherings of individuals of any size for any reason in
executive orders 202.3, 202.4, 202.5, 202.6, 202.7, 202.8, 202.10,
202.11, 202.13 or 202.14, as extended by executive orders 202.28 and
202.31 and as further extended by any future executive order, issued in
response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to apply in the county of the
insurer or debtors residence.
§ 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the grace
period for insurance policies covered under sections 3203 and 4510 of
the insurance law for the deferral of payment of premiums and fees shall
be extended to the end of the COVID-19 covered period, for any life
insurance policyholder or fraternal benefit society certificate holder,
as those terms are used in such sections, facing a financial hardship as
a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
§ 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and subject
to the consideration by the superintendent of financial services of the
liquidity and solvency of the applicable insurer, corporations subject
to article 43 of the insurance law, or health maintenance organizations
certified pursuant to article 44 of the public health law, covered under
subparagraph (c) of paragraph 1 of subsection (d) of section 3216 and
subsection (g) of section 4306 of the insurance law shall:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(1) extend the period for the deferral of payment of premiums to the
end of the COVID-19 covered period for any comprehensive health insur-
ance policy holder or contract holder under an individual policy or
contract, as those terms are used in such sections, who is facing a
financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
(2) require that the applicable insurer, corporation subject to arti-
cle 43 of the insurance law, or health maintenance organization certi-
fied pursuant to article 44 of the public health law shall be responsi-
ble for the payment of claims during such period and shall not
retroactively terminate the insurance policy or contract for non-payment
of premium during such period.
§ 4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no insurer
covered under paragraphs 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 26, and 30 of subsection
(a) of section 1113, section 1116 and articles 34, 53, 54, and 55 of the
insurance law and sections 54 and 226 of the workers' compensation law
shall cancel, not renew, or conditionally renew any insurance policy
issued to an individual or small business, or, in the case of a group
insurance policy, insuring certificate holders that are individuals or
small businesses, until the end of the COVID-19 covered period, for any
policyholder, or in the case of a group insurance policy, group policy-
holder or certificate holder, facing financial hardship as a result of
the COVID-19 pandemic. The foregoing relief shall also apply to the
kinds of insurance set forth in the insurance law.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.