Senate Bill S5592

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires insurer to respond within thirty days of a request from an insured for his or her health plan documents

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee


  • 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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2023-S5592 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5957
Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3217-a & 4324, Ins L; amd §4408, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3301
2011-2012: A1859
2013-2014: A6352
2015-2016: A6015
2017-2018: A2054
2019-2020: S5502, A4547
2021-2022: S5529, A3433

2023-S5592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurer to respond within thirty days of a written request from an insured for his or her health plan documents, including copies of most recent group or individual contracts.

2023-S5592 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5592
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
   to disclosure and access to health insurance plan documents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of  subsection (b) of section 3217-a of the
 insurance law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (3) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
 er  contracts  AND,  UPON  THE  WRITTEN REQUEST OF AN INDIVIDUAL COVERED
 UNDER A GROUP CONTRACT WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING,
 PROVIDE  A  COPY  OF  SUCH CONTRACT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF
 SUCH REQUEST;
   § 2. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 4324  of  the  insurance
 law,  as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (3) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
 er contracts AND, UPON THE WRITTEN  REQUEST  OF  AN  INDIVIDUAL  COVERED
 UNDER  A  GROUP CONTRACT WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,
 PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH CONTRACT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS  OF  THE  RECEIPT  OF
 SUCH REQUEST;
   §  3.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 2 of section 4408 of the public
 health law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (c) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
 er  contracts  AND,  UPON  THE  WRITTEN REQUEST OF AN INDIVIDUAL COVERED
 UNDER A GROUP CONTRACT WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING,
 PROVIDE  A  COPY  OF  SUCH CONTRACT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF
 SUCH REQUEST;
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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