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Senate Bill S2736
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C, Ind, WF) Senate District
2009-S2736 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4304, add §§4302-a & 215, Ins L
2009-S2736 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2736 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring accident and health insurers and non-profit health plans to provide coverage of unmarried children until age twenty-six and directing the superintendent of insurance to order a study thereof; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE : This bill requires that health insurers must offer to families covered by such insurers the ability to include their unmarried dependent children under the age of 26. While insurers under this bill must offer this new coverage, this coverage will be offered through a contract rider so that the only insureds that accept the terms of such rider will receive its benefits and pay for its cost. In addition, for employers that purchase such rider, they may share the cost of such rider with those employees that wish to obtain the benefits of this new dependent care rider. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Sections 1 and 2: Amends Insurance Law section 3216 to require that
2009-S2736 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2736 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LARKIN, BONACIC, HANNON, LEIBELL, MORAHAN, SALAND, SEWARD, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring accident and health insurers and non-profit health plans to provide coverage of unmarried children until age twenty-six and directing the superinten- dent of insurance to order a study thereof; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (a) of section 3216 of the insur- ance law, as amended by section 65-d of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: (4) "Dependent children" (A) shall include any children under a speci- fied age which shall not exceed age nineteen except: (i) Any unmarried dependent child, regardless of age, who is incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental illness, developmental disability, or mental retardation as defined in the mental hygiene law, or physical handicap and who became so incapable prior to the age at which dependent coverage would otherwise terminate, shall be included in coverage subject to any pre-existing conditions limitation applicable to other dependents. (ii) Any unmarried student at an accredited institution of learning may be considered a dependent child until attaining age twenty-three. (B) may include[, at the option of the insurer,] AND EACH INSURER SHALL OFFER COVERAGE FOR any unmarried child OVER THE AGE OF NINETEEN until attaining age [twenty-five] TWENTY-SIX. S 2. Paragraph 3 of subsection (c) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended to read as follows: (3) It purports to insure only one person, except that a policy may insure, originally or by subsequent amendment, members of a family, as EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09815-01-9
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