Bill Text: NY A09952 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage for individuals that have taken or are currently taking pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV or post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-27 - referred to insurance [A09952 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09952-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9952
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 27, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting  insurance
          companies from denying coverage for individuals that have taken or are
          currently taking pre-exposure prophylaxis or post-exposure prophylaxis
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new  section  2616
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  2616.  Discrimination based on previous or current use of pre-expo-
     4  sure prophylaxis  and  post-exposure  prophylaxis.  (a)  No  individual,
     5  insurer or entity shall solely because a person has used or is currently
     6  using  pre-exposure  prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV or post-expo-
     7  sure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection:
     8    (1) refuse to issue or renew, deny or cancel any insurance  policy  or
     9  contract;
    10    (2) demand or require a greater premium or payment from any person;
    11    (3)  designate  use  of pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of
    12  HIV or post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection as a preexist-
    13  ing condition, for which coverage will be denied or reduced;
    14    (4) fix any lower rate or discriminate in the fees  or  commission  of
    15  agents or brokers for writing or renewing such a policy.
    16    (b) The fact that a person is or has used pre-exposure prophylaxis for
    17  the  prevention  of  HIV  and  post-exposure  prophylaxis to prevent HIV
    18  infection is not a permitted underwriting criterion.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14802-01-8