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History
- Referred to insurance
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.364
- Print number 713a
- Amend and recommit to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
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- 1st report cal.579
- Referred to consumer protection
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Relates to the approval of requests for insurance coverage for wheelchairs
In Assembly Committee · Insurance · Sponsor Michelle Schimel
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Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the approval of requests for insurance coverage for wheelchairs
Purpose
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
Creates a new section 678 of the general business law which provides that insurance companies must inform the wheelchair manufacturer and client, following a request to cover purchase of a wheelchair, within thirty days of receipt of the request.
Justification
This legislation would provide that when an insurance company receives a request for payment for the manufacture of a wheelchair for an individ- ual, it must inform the wheelchair manufacturer and client 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.
Legislative history
2007-08: Referred to Rules
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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