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Jun 03, 2022 | committed to rules |
May 23, 2022 | vote reconsidered - restored to third reading passed senate |
May 11, 2022 | advanced to third reading |
May 10, 2022 | 2nd report cal. |
May 09, 2022 | 1st report cal.1088 |
Apr 27, 2022 | referred to insurance |
senate Bill S8886
Sponsored By
James Sanders Jr.
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
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S8886 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9839
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3458, Ins L; amd §313, V & T L; amd §54, Work Comp L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S2731, A2815
S8886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8886 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, the vehicle and traffic law and the workers' compensation law, in relation to electronic delivery of notices PURPOSE: To permit policyholders to receive electronic notices under the Vehicle and Traffic Law and the Workers Compensation Law SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends subsection (b) of Section 3458 of the Insurance Law, as amended by a chapter amendment, to reference Vehicle and Traffic Law and Workers Compensation Law to allow for electronic delivery in relation to requirements to provide a notice or document. Adds a new paragraph (c) to subsection 313(1) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and a new provision in subdivision 54(5) of the Workers' Compensation Law to permit notices of cancellation to be delivered electronically by insurers if the
S8886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8886 I N S E N A T E April 27, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the vehicle and traffic law and the workers' compensation law, in relation to electronic delivery of notices THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 3458 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: (b) Subject to the requirements of this section, any notice to a party or any other document required under this chapter, PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW in a property/casualty insurance trans- action or that is to serve as evidence of property/casualty insurance coverage may be delivered by electronic means so long as it meets the requirements of article three of the state technology law. Where this chapter requires that notice be mailed or delivered to an address shown in the policy, the notice may be delivered by electronic means to an electronic address not specified in the policy. § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 313 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: (C) AN ELECTRONIC NOTICE THAT COMPLIES WITH SECTION THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE INSURANCE LAW SHALL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION. § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 54 of the workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows: AN ELECTRONIC NOTICE THAT COMPLIES WITH SECTION THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE INSURANCE LAW SHALL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15234-01-2
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