Assembly Bill A3516

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires insurers to provide insureds or subscribers with an explanation of pharmaceutical benefits relating to claims under certain accident and health insurance policies

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2021-A3516 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7075
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §3234 to be §3244, amd §3244, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7946

2021-A3516 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurers to provide insureds or subscribers with an explanation of pharmaceutical benefits relating to claims under certain accident and health insurance policies.

2021-A3516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3516
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurers to
   provide insureds or subscribers with an explanation of  pharmaceutical
   benefits  relating  to claims under certain accident and health insur-
   ance policies

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3234 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 731
 of the laws of 1993, is renumbered section 3244 and  subsection  (a)  of
 such section is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Every insurer, including health maintenance organizations operat-
 ing under article forty-four of the public health law or article  forty-
 three  of this chapter and any other corporation operating under article
 forty-three of this chapter, is  required  to  provide  the  insured  or
 subscriber  with  an  explanation  of  benefits  form in response to the
 filing of any claim under a policy or certificate providing coverage for
 hospital [or], medical OR PHARMACEUTICAL  expenses,  including  policies
 and  certificates  providing  nursing  home expense or home care expense
 benefits.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law and shall apply to all claims filed on and after such
 effective date. Effective immediately  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01845-01-1

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.