Bill Text: NY S04639 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4639 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to permitting pregnant individuals to enroll in the state health insurance exchange at any time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S04639 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04639-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4639--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 1, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, PANEPINTO -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance  --
         reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
         on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  permitting  pregnant
         women to enroll in the state health insurance exchange at any time
         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  3114
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  3114. ENROLLMENT IN THE STATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY.
    4  IN ADDITION TO ANY TRIGGERING EVENT  THAT  PROVIDES  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  A
    5  SPECIAL  ENROLLMENT  PERIOD AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS FOR ENROLLMENT IN A
    6  QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN IN THE STATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE ESTABLISHED
    7  PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (P.L.
    8  111-148), THE STATE  HEALTH  INSURANCE  EXCHANGE  SHALL  ALLOW  FOR  THE
    9  ENROLLMENT  OF  A PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL AT ANY TIME AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT
   10  OF THE PREGNANCY. UPON SUCH ENROLLMENT, ANY QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN IN THE
   11  STATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE SHALL ENSURE THAT COVERAGE IS  EFFECTIVE
   12  ON THE DATE OF APPLICATION.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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