Assembly Bill A136A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A136 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4057
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2346, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8417, S7917

2023-A136 - Summary

Requires the department of financial services to fulfill certain requirements to implement homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses.

2023-A136 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    136
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CRUZ, STERN, BURDICK, SIMON, DARLING, McDONOUGH,
   SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law,  in  relation  to  homeowner  natural
   disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of paragraph (a) and paragraph (d) of
 subsection 5 of section 2346 of the insurance law, as added by section 2
 of part BB of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,  are  amended  and  a  new
 paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (3)  "Homeowner  natural  disaster  preparedness, home safety and loss
 prevention course" means a natural disaster  preparedness,  home  safety
 and loss prevention course that has been submitted to the superintendent
 for  [their  information and review] APPROVAL by an applicant, AND WHICH
 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  (D)  OF
 THIS  SUBSECTION.  Such course [may] SHALL provide useful information to
 participants on items including, but not limited to: courses  of  action
 that  can  be taken before, during and after the occurrence of a natural
 disaster, strategies to reduce  risk  exposure  to  insured  residential
 property  owners  and renters, and information about the installation of
 equipment, devices or other capital improvements to real property  which
 can  help  to eliminate or mitigate damage to real or personal property,
 personal injury or the loss of life caused  by  a  natural  disaster  or
 other insurable event or occurrence of a fire, theft, burglary, personal
 injury or property damage.
   (4)  "Applicant"  means  an  insurer,  or  any other person, agency or
 organization  which  submits  a  proposed  homeowner  natural   disaster
 preparedness,  home safety and loss prevention course to the superinten-
 dent for [their information and review] APPROVAL PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02101-01-3

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2023-A136A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4057
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2346, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8417, S7917

2023-A136A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of financial services to fulfill certain requirements to implement homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses.

2023-A136A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  136--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CRUZ, STERN, BURDICK, SIMON, DARLING, McDONOUGH,
   SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Insurance  --
   recommitted  to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Assembly
   Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, in relation to homeowner natural
   disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of paragraph (a) and paragraph (d) of
 subsection 5 of section 2346 of the insurance law, as added by section 2
 of  part  BB  of  chapter  54 of the laws of 2016, are amended and a new
 paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (3) "Homeowner natural disaster preparedness,  home  safety  and  loss
 prevention  course"  means  a natural disaster preparedness, home safety
 and loss prevention course that has been submitted to the superintendent
 for [their information and review] APPROVAL by an applicant,  AND  WHICH
 HAS  BEEN  APPROVED  BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF
 THIS SUBSECTION.  Such course [may] SHALL provide useful information  to
 participants  on  items including, but not limited to: courses of action
 that can be taken before, during and after the occurrence of  a  natural
 disaster,  strategies  to  reduce  risk  exposure to insured residential
 property owners and renters, and information about the  installation  of
 equipment,  devices or other capital improvements to real property which
 can help to eliminate or mitigate damage to real or  personal  property,
 personal  injury  or  the  loss  of life caused by a natural disaster or
 other insurable event or occurrence of a fire, theft, burglary, personal
 injury or property damage.
   (4) "Applicant" means an insurer,  or  any  other  person,  agency  or
 organization   which  submits  a  proposed  homeowner  natural  disaster
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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