STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3664--A Cal. No. 666 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting the impo- sition of different rates for premiums for the provision of disability insurance 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 3215-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3215-a. Disability insurance premium rates. No insurer offering or 4 providing individual, group or blanket disability insurance in this 5 state shall charge or impose different rates for premiums for the 6 provision of such insurance on the basis of the gender of the insured or 7 insureds. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2021, and shall apply to 9 policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on 10 or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04429-02-9