Bill Text: NY A09495 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides lifetime, premium-free insurance through the Healthy NY program to a person who donates a kidney during the course of his or her lifetime.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - referred to health [A09495 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A09495-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
March 7, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing life-
time, premium-free insurance through the Healthy NY program to a
person who donates during the course of his or her lifetime
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 4311 to read as follows:
3 S 4311. HEALTH INSURANCE FOR KIDNEY DONORS. ANY PERSON WHO DONATES A
4 KIDNEY AS A LIVE KIDNEY DONOR SHALL BE ELIGIBLE AFTER SUCH DONATION TO
5 RECEIVE HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH THE HEALTHY NY PROGRAM FOR THE DURATION
6 OF SUCH DONOR'S LIFE. THE STATE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF
7 ALL PREMIUMS IN CONNECTION WITH THE INSURANCE; NEITHER THE DONOR NOR HIS
8 OR HER EMPLOYER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR THE PREMIUMS. INSURANCE PROVIDED
9 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICES
10 AVAILABLE THROUGH THE HEALTHY NY PROGRAM AND SHALL INCLUDE PRESCRIPTION
11 DRUG COVERAGE.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
13 live donor kidney donations made on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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