What's happening
This bill prohibits insurers from requiring auto repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for obtaining repair parts or materials.
Why it matters
Gives more autonomy to repair shops. By preventing insurers from mandating which vendors or procurement processes repair shops must use, the bill empowers shops to make their own decisions about where and how to source parts, potentially improving efficiency and cost competitiveness.
Could affect repair quality and consumer choice. Allowing shops to select their own suppliers may lead to differences in the types and quality of parts used, possibly resulting in more options for consumers or variations in repair outcomes.
Impacts insurer influence and market dynamics. The bill curtails insurers' ability to steer business toward preferred vendors, which could reduce large insurers’ leverage over the repair supply chain and potentially open up the market to smaller or local parts suppliers.
May influence repair costs and timelines. Without insurer-mandated sourcing, parts procurement could become faster or slower depending on the shop’s choices, potentially affecting how quickly vehicles are repaired and at what cost to both insurers and policyholders.
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Let Shops Choose Car Parts
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Sponsors
15 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to insurance
- Referred to insurance
Companion bill
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Stop Insurer Repair Mandates
In Senate Committee · Insurance · Sponsor John A. DeFrancisco
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6861
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 22, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, MAGNARELLI, MONTESANO, COOK, COLTON, ZEBROWSKI, GRAF, CROUCH, WEPRIN, MAGEE, HOOPER, BRINDISI, GUNTHER, ABINANTI, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, CURRAN, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, RIVERA, SEPULVE- DA, STEC, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to collision and comprehensive coverage on motor vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 2610 of the insurance law is amended to read as follows:
(a) Whenever a motor vehicle collision or comprehensive loss shall have been suffered by an insured, no insurer providing collision or comprehensive coverage therefor shall require that repairs be made to such vehicle in a particular place or shop or by a particular concern, nor require a repair facility to use a specific vendor or process for the procurement of parts or other materials necessary for the repair of a motor vehicle.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03885-01-7
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