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Assembly Bill A3684

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small groups

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2021-A3684 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3231 & 4317, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A8692

2021-A3684 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small municipal employer groups formed pursuant to article 5-G of the general municipal law.

2021-A3684 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3684
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. STIRPE, HUNTER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to catastrophic or  rein-
   surance coverage issued to certain small groups
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (g) of section 3231 of the insur-
 ance law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016,  is  amended  by
 adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
   (C) SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO GROUPS WHICH
 HAVE BEEN FORMED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIVE-G OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF JOINTLY PURCHASING HEALTH INSURANCE AND ARE COMPRISED
 ENTIRELY  OF  ONE  OR  MORE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS OR DISTRICTS (AS SUCH
 TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  NINETEEN-N  OF  THE  GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW).
   §  2.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (g) of section 3231 of the insurance
 law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part J of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) This section shall also  apply  to  policies  issued  to  a  group
 defined  in  subsection (c) of section four thousand two hundred thirty-
 five OF THIS CHAPTER, including but not limited  to  an  association  or
 trust  of  employers, if the group includes one or more member employers
 or other member groups which have one  hundred  or  fewer  employees  or
 members  exclusive  of  spouses  and  dependents. For policies issued or
 renewed on or after January first, two thousand fourteen, if  the  group
 includes  one or more member small group employers eligible for coverage
 subject to this section, then such member employers shall be  classified
 as  small  groups for rating purposes and the remaining members shall be
 rated consistent with the rating  rules  applicable  to  such  remaining
 members  pursuant  to  paragraph  two of this subsection. THIS PARAGRAPH
 SHALL NOT APPLY TO GROUPS WHICH HAVE BEEN  FORMED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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