Bill Text: NY A02246 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to excepting from community rating requirements group health insurance policies issued to multiple employer trusts consisting of municipal corporations and public benefit corporations

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to insurance [A02246 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02246-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2246
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHROEDER  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to excepting from  commu-
         nity  rating  requirements  group  health insurance policies issued to
         multiple employer trusts  consisting  of  municipal  corporations  and
         public benefit corporations
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 3231 of  the  insurance  law,  as
    2  added by chapter 501 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
    3    (g)  This  section  shall  also  apply  to  policies issued to a group
    4  defined in subsection (c) of section four thousand two  hundred  thirty-
    5  five  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  including but not limited to an association or
    6  trust of employers, if the group includes one or more  member  employers
    7  or  other  member  groups which have fifty or fewer employees or members
    8  exclusive of spouses and dependents, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THIS  SECTION
    9  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO POLICIES ISSUED TO A GROUP DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH
   10  (D) OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBSECTION (C)  OF  SECTION  FOUR  THOUSAND  TWO
   11  HUNDRED  THIRTY-FIVE  OF THIS CHAPTER, IF THE GROUP INCLUDES ONE OR MORE
   12  MEMBER EMPLOYERS THAT  ARE  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATIONS  OR  PUBLIC  BENEFIT
   13  CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE FIFTY OR FEWER EMPLOYEES EXCLUSIVE OF SPOUSES AND
   14  DEPENDENTS.
   15    S  2. Subsection (d) of section 4317 of the insurance law, as added by
   16  chapter 501 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   17    (d) This section shall also apply  to  contracts  issued  to  a  group
   18  defined  in  subsection (c) of section four thousand two hundred thirty-
   19  five OF THIS CHAPTER, including but not limited  to  an  association  or
   20  trust  of  employers, if the group includes one or more member employers
   21  or other member groups which have fifty or fewer  employees  or  members
   22  exclusive  of spouses and dependents, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THIS SECTION
   23  SHALL NOT APPLY TO POLICIES ISSUED TO A GROUP  DEFINED  IN  SUBPARAGRAPH
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 2246                             2
    1  (D)  OF  PARAGRAPH  ONE  OF  SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION FOUR THOUSAND TWO
    2  HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, IF THE GROUP INCLUDES ONE  OR  MORE
    3  MEMBER  EMPLOYERS  THAT  ARE  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATIONS  OR PUBLIC BENEFIT
    4  CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE FIFTY OR FEWER EMPLOYEES EXCLUSIVE OF SPOUSES AND
    5  DEPENDENTS.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.