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Sponsors
11 Co-sponsors
34 Multi-sponsors
- Peter Abbate
- Jeffrion Aubry
- Jonathan Bing
- Alec Brook-Krasny
- Kevin Cahill
- Barbara Clark
- William Colton
- Vivian Cook
- Steven Cymbrowitz
- Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Dennis H. Gabryszak
- Michael Gianaris
- Aileen Gunther
- Andrew Hevesi
- Rhoda Jacobs
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- David Koon
- Rory Lancman
- George Latimer
- Donna Lupardo
- William Magee
- Grace Meng
- Daniel O'Donnell
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes
- N. Nick Perry
- J. Gary Pretlow
- Jose Rivera
- Peter Rivera
- Linda Rosenthal
- William Scarborough
- Frank Skartados
- David Weprin
- Keith L.T. Wright
- Kenneth Zebrowski
History
- Signed chap.447
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–0
- 3rd reading cal.855
- Substituted for S4602A
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.351
- Rules report cal.351
- Reported
Show 4 earlier actions
- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 7949a
- Amend and recommit to insurance
- Referred to insurance
Companion bill
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Authorizes superintendent of insurance to approve a demonstration program where an eligible insurer issues group health insurance policies to eligible associations
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Neil D. Breslin
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A7949A
Title of bill
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to a health insurance demonstration program for independent workers and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Purpose Or General Idea Of Bill: The purpose of this bill is to author- ize the Superintendent of Insurance to approve a demonstration program to provide group health insurance coverage for freelance workers.
Summary Of Specific Provisions: This bill authorizes a demonstration program which would allow the Superintendent of Insurance to approve an eligible insurance company to provide health insurance to independent workers. The eligible insurance company would submit periodic reports to the Superintendent to enable the Superintendent to evaluate the effec- tiveness of the demonstration program.
Effects Of Present Law Which This Bill Would Alter: This bill creates a new Section 1123 of the Insurance Law.
Justification: Today, one-third of all working Americans are temporary, part-time, freelance, or self-employed. Due to the economy this number is increasing. Last year alone, the number of people working part-time because they could not find full-time work almost doubled from 4.5 million to nearly 8 million. (Newsweek, Jan. 28, 2009) These part-time, temporary and independent workers frequently lack access to employment- based group health insurance coverage and often can not afford to purchase coverage in the private pay market.
This demonstration program seeks to create a new model of health insur- ance that would meet the special needs of this population, at a reason- able price, while still meeting the solvency requirements, benefit mandates and other obligations required by state statute and regulation.
Prior Legislative History: New bill.
Fiscal Implications For State And Local Governments: None.
Effective Date: Immediately.
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