Senate Bill S5842

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires insurers to provide information on resources for insureds or enrollees recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease

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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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2025-S5842 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3538
Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §339-a, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9536, A8348

2025-S5842 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurers to provide information on resources for insureds or enrollees recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

2025-S5842 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5842 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5842
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurers  to
   provide  information  on  resources for insureds or enrollees recently
   diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease

   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 339-a
 to read as follows:
   § 339-A. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESOURCE NOTIFICATION. THE SUPERINTENDENT
 SHALL REQUIRE AN INSURER AUTHORIZED TO WRITE ACCIDENT AND HEALTH  INSUR-
 ANCE  IN  THIS STATE, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-
 THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND A HEALTH MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATION  CERTIFIED
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR  OF  THE  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW TO PROVIDE
 INSUREDS  AND  ENROLLEES  WRITTEN  INFORMATIONAL   RESOURCES   REGARDING
 ALZHEIMER'S  DISEASE  NO  LATER  THAN  SIXTY  DAYS AFTER BEING NOTIFIED,
 THROUGH CLAIMS DATA OR BY THE INSURED OR ENROLLEE, OF  SUCH  INSURED  OR
 ENROLLEE'S   DIAGNOSIS   WITH  ALZHEIMER'S  DISEASE.  THE  INFORMATIONAL
 RESOURCES SHALL BE DELIVERED BY UNITED STATES  POSTAL  MAIL  UNLESS  THE
 INSURED  OR ENROLLEE CONSENTS TO ANOTHER METHOD OF NOTIFICATION, INCLUD-
 ING ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION. SUCH RESOURCES SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) WRITTEN INFORMATION ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, INCLUDING  INFORMA-
 TION ON THE RANGE OF PHYSICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND PSYCHOSO-
 CIAL OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, THAT:
   (1)  IS  UP-TO-DATE, EVIDENCE-BASED, AND CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY
 APPROPRIATE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL; AND
   (2) WAS DEVELOPED BY:
   (I) MEDICAL EXPERTS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL MEDICAL OR GENETICS
 ORGANIZATIONS; AND
   (II) DISABILITY EXPERTS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS;
 AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06685-01-5

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