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History
- Print number 5029a
- Amend (t) and recommit to insurance
- Referred to insurance
- Referred to insurance
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Prohibits health insurers from removing covered services and benefits upon contract renewal
In Assembly Committee · Insurance · Sponsor Earlene Hooper
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Title of bill
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting health insurers from removing covered services and benefits upon contract renewal
Purpose
To prohibit health insurers from removing covered services and benefits upon contract renewal
Summary of provisions
Amends sections 3216, 3221, and 4303 of the insurance law by adding a new sub-section (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) No covered services or benefits under a policy of accident and health insurance shall be altered or modified under a contract for renewal.
Justification
It is critically important that the people of the State of new York are not left uninsured or overburdened with additional premiums to keep necessary services and benefits. Insurance carriers should not be allowed to leave consumers at a disadvantage with unexpected loss of needed services and benefits at the time of policy renewals.
Legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become law and shall apply to all policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.
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