Bill Text: NY S05548 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Makes the commencement of pregnancy a triggering event for purposes of eligibility to enroll in a qualified health plan in the state health insurance exchange.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S05548 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05548-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5548--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  HANNON,  KRUEGER,  MONTGOMERY  --  read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to making pregnancy a
         triggering event for purposes of enrollment in a qualified health plan
         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  2507 to read as follows:
    3    S 2507. SPECIAL ENROLLMENT; PREGNANCY. IN ADDITION TO  ANY  QUALIFYING
    4  EVENT  UNDER FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION THAT MAKES ONE ELIGIBLE FOR
    5  A SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR ENROLLMENT IN A QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN IN
    6  THE STATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE  FEDERAL
    7  PATIENT  PROTECTION  AND  AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (P.L.  111-148), THE STATE
    8  HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE SHALL ALLOW FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF  A  PREGNANT
    9  INDIVIDUAL  AT  ANY  TIME AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PREGNANCY.  UPON
   10  SUCH ENROLLMENT, ANY QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN IN THE STATE HEALTH INSURANCE
   11  EXCHANGE SHALL ENSURE THAT COVERAGE IS EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF APPLICA-
   12  TION.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   14  ing  the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all
   15  qualified health plans issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on
   16  or  after  such  effective date; provided, however, that effective imme-
   17  diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
   18  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
   19  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
   20  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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