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History
- Print number 211a
- Amend and recommit to insurance
- Referred to insurance
- Referred to insurance
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Relates to the approval of requests for insurance coverage for wheelchairs
In Assembly Committee · Insurance · Sponsor Craig M. Johnson
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A211A
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the approval of requests for insurance coverage for wheelchairs
Purpose or general idea of bill
To provide that insurance companies must act on a request to cover purchase of a wheelchair within thirty days of receipt of the request.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill will add a new section 678 to the General Business Law requiring insurance companies to notify a wheelchair manufacturer and their customer of an individual's insurance policy within thirty days after the insurance company receives a request for payment from the wheelchair manufacturer.
JUSTIFICATION:; This legislation would provide that when an insurance company receives a request for payment for the manufacture of a wheelchair for an individual, it must inform the wheelchair manufacturer within thirty days whether the purchase is covered by the individual's insurance policy. Many people have been left waiting for months for approval for the new wheelchairs that they so desperately need - this bill will put a limit on the amount of time people will be forced to wait and will greatly quicken the process by which individuals will receive new, wheelchairs appropriate to their needs.
Prior legislative history
New bill
FISCAL. IMPLICATIONS: None
Effective date
Immediately
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