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Assembly Bill A9367

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Creates the New York health benefit and cost commission; repealer

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2025-A9367 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3221-a, rpld §213, Ins L; add §52-a, Leg L

2025-A9367 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the New York health benefit and cost commission to review and report on utilization rates, public and patient health effects, and impact on premiums and access to health care and health coverage of all existing and proposed mandated health benefits.

2025-A9367 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9367
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the insurance law and the legislative law, in relation
   to creating the New York health benefit and cost  commission;  and  to
   repeal section 213 of the insurance law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3221-a
 to read as follows:
   § 3221-A. HEALTH BENEFIT AND COST COMMISSION. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SECTION, "MANDATED HEALTH BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN ANY REQUIREMENT THAT
 INDIVIDUAL, GROUP OR BLANKET ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE  POLICIES  OR
 CONTRACTS ISSUED BY HOSPITAL OR HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATIONS INCLUDE:
   (1)  COVERAGE  FOR  SPECIFIC HEALTH SERVICES, TREATMENT, TESTS, DRUGS,
 SUPPLIES, OR EQUIPMENT TO DIAGNOSE OR  TREAT  A  PARTICULAR  DISEASE  OR
 CONDITION; AND
   (2)  COVERAGE  FOR  SERVICES  OF  SPECIFIC  PROVIDERS  OF  HEALTH CARE
 SERVICES.
   (B) THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A COMMISSION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, TO  BE
 KNOWN AS THE "NEW YORK HEALTH BENEFIT AND COST COMMISSION" CONSISTING OF
 THIRTEEN  MEMBERS  TO  BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: THREE TO BE APPOINTED BY
 THE GOVERNOR, THREE TO BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE
 SENATE,  THREE  TO  BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND ONE
 EACH TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE ASSEM-
 BLY. THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, OR THEIR  DESIG-
 NATED  REPRESENTATIVES,  SHALL  ALSO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
 THE MEMBERS SHALL ELECT A PERSON TO SERVE AS CHAIR.
   (C) EACH MEMBER SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS. VACANCIES  SHALL
 BE APPOINTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS. THE MEMBERS OF
 THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  RECEIVE  NO  COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES BUT
 SHALL BE ALLOWED ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE  PERFORM-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14137-01-5
              

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