Bill Text: NY S08144 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits discrimination against individuals who were prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV prevention with respect to life, accident, and health insurance coverage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-04 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8834B [S08144 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08144-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8144--C

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 9, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Insurance  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi-
          nation against individuals who were prescribed pre-exposure prophylax-
          is medication for HIV prevention with respect to life,  accident,  and
          health insurance coverage

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (a) of section 4224 of the insur-
     2  ance law is renumbered paragraph 4 and a new paragraph  3  is  added  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (3)  refuse  to  insure,  refuse  to  continue  to insure or limit the
     5  amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge
     6  a different rate for the same coverage solely  because  the  insured  or
     7  potential insured was prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medica-
     8  tion for the prevention of HIV infection;
     9    §  2.  Paragraph  3 of subsection (b) of section 4224 of the insurance
    10  law is renumbered paragraph 4 and a new paragraph 3 is added to read  as
    11  follows:
    12    (3)  refuse  to  insure,  refuse  to  continue  to insure or limit the
    13  amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge
    14  a different rate for the same coverage solely  because  the  insured  or
    15  potential insured was prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medica-
    16  tion for the prevention of HIV infection;
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13530-07-4