Bill Text: NY A08692 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to catastrophic or reinsurance coverage issued to certain small municipal employer groups formed pursuant to article 5-G of the general municipal law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to insurance [A08692 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08692-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8692 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY October 23, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to catastrophic or rein- surance coverage issued to certain small groups The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (g) of section 3231 of the insur- 2 ance law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016, is amended by 3 adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows: 4 (C) Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not apply to groups which 5 have been formed pursuant to article five-G of the general municipal law 6 for the purpose of jointly purchasing health insurance and are comprised 7 entirely of one or more municipal corporations or districts (as such 8 terms are defined in section one hundred nineteen-n of the general 9 municipal law). 10 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subsection (g) of section 3231 of the insurance 11 law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part J of chapter 57 of the 12 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 13 (1) This section shall also apply to policies issued to a group 14 defined in subsection (c) of section four thousand two hundred thirty- 15 five of this chapter, including but not limited to an association or 16 trust of employers, if the group includes one or more member employers 17 or other member groups which have one hundred or fewer employees or 18 members exclusive of spouses and dependents. For policies issued or 19 renewed on or after January first, two thousand fourteen, if the group 20 includes one or more member small group employers eligible for coverage 21 subject to this section, then such member employers shall be classified 22 as small groups for rating purposes and the remaining members shall be 23 rated consistent with the rating rules applicable to such remaining 24 members pursuant to paragraph two of this subsection. This paragraph 25 shall not apply to groups which have been formed pursuant to article EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13823-02-9A. 8692 2 1 five-G of the general municipal law for the purpose of jointly purchas- 2 ing health insurance and are comprised entirely of one or more municipal 3 corporations or districts, as such terms are defined in section one 4 hundred nineteen-n of the general municipal law. 5 § 3. Paragraph 1 of subsection (d) of section 4317 of the insurance 6 law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 2016, is amended by adding 7 a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows: 8 (C) Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not apply to groups which 9 have been formed pursuant to article five-G of the general municipal law 10 for the purpose of jointly purchasing health insurance and are comprised 11 entirely of one or more municipal corporations or districts (as such 12 terms are defined in section one hundred nineteen-n of the general 13 municipal law). 14 § 4. Paragraph 1 of subsection (d) of section 4317 of the insurance 15 law, as amended by section 7 of subpart A of part J of chapter 57 of the 16 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 17 (1) This section shall also apply to a contract 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 one hundred or fewer employees or 22 members exclusive of spouses and dependents. For contracts issued or 23 renewed on or after January first, two thousand fourteen, if the group 24 includes one or more member small group employers eligible for coverage 25 subject to this section, then such member employers shall be classified 26 as small groups for rating purposes and the remaining members shall be 27 rated consistent with the rating rules applicable to such remaining 28 members pursuant to paragraph two of this subsection. Provided, however, 29 this subsection shall not apply to groups which have been formed pursu- 30 ant to article five-G of the general municipal law for the purpose of 31 jointly purchasing health insurance and are comprised entirely of one or 32 more municipal corporations or districts, as such terms are defined in 33 section one hundred nineteen-n of the general municipal law. 34 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend- 35 ments to paragraph 1 of subsection (g) of section 3231 and paragraph 1 36 of subsection (d) of section 4317 of the insurance law made by sections 37 one and three of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever- 38 sion of such paragraphs pursuant to section 5 of chapter 588 of the laws 39 of 2015, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of sections two 40 and four, respectively, of this act shall take effect.
