Bill Text: NY A06007 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to permitting pregnant women to enroll in the state health insurance exchange at any time without penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to insurance [A06007 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06007-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6007

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 4, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Insurance

        AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
          to  permitting  pregnant women to enroll in the state health insurance
          exchange at any time without penalty

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 3217-c of the insurance law is amended by adding a
     2  new subsection (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d) An insurer, subject to the provisions of this  article,  a  corpo-
     4  ration  organized  pursuant to article forty-three of this chapter, or a
     5  licensed maintenance organization under article forty-four of the public
     6  health law, that issues a  health  insurance  policy  or  contract  that
     7  provides eligibility for a special enrollment period shall allow for the
     8  enrollment  of  a pregnant individual at any time after the commencement
     9  of the pregnancy, as certified by a health  care  practitioner  licensed
    10  pursuant  to title eight of the education law acting within the scope of
    11  his or her practice.  Such health insurance policy or contract shall not
    12  impose a fee or other penalty for special  enrollment  of  the  pregnant
    13  individual.  Coverage shall be effective as of the first of the month in
    14  which the individual receives certification of the pregnancy.
    15    §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2509-c
    16  to read as follows:
    17    § 2509-c. Special enrollment; pregnancy. An insurer,  subject  to  the
    18  provisions  of  article  thirty-two  of the insurance law, a corporation
    19  organized pursuant to article forty-three of the  insurance  law,  or  a
    20  licensed maintenance organization under article forty-four of this chap-
    21  ter,  that  issues  a  health insurance policy or contract that provides
    22  eligibility for a special enrollment period shall allow for the  enroll-
    23  ment  of a pregnant individual at any time after the commencement of the
    24  pregnancy, as certified by a health care practitioner licensed  pursuant

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07609-01-1
        A. 6007                             2

     1  to  title  eight of the education law, acting within his or her scope of
     2  practice.  Such health insurance policy or contract shall not  impose  a
     3  fee  or other penalty for special enrollment of the pregnant individual.
     4  Coverage shall be deemed effective as of the first of the month in which
     5  the individual receives certification of the pregnancy.
     6    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     7  ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
     8  qualified  health plans issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on
     9  or after such effective date.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,
    10  amendment  and/or  repeal  of  any  rule or regulation necessary for the
    11  implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized  to  be
    12  made and completed on or before such effective date.