S05972 Summary:

BILL NOS05972
 
SAME ASSAME AS A06780-B
 
SPONSORSEWARD
 
COSPNSRHANNON, KRUEGER, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PANEPINTO
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S3217-c, Ins L; add S2507, Pub Health L
 
Relates to permitting pregnant individuals to enroll in the state health insurance exchange at any time.
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S05972 Actions:

BILL NOS05972
 
06/14/2015REFERRED TO RULES
06/17/2015ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1764
06/17/2015PASSED SENATE
06/17/2015DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/17/2015referred to insurance
06/17/2015substituted for a6780b
06/17/2015ordered to third reading rules cal.500
06/17/2015passed assembly
06/17/2015returned to senate
12/16/2015DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
12/22/2015SIGNED CHAP.581
12/22/2015APPROVAL MEMO.35
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S05972 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5972
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 14, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD, HANNON, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health 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. Section 3217-c of the insurance law is amended by adding  a
     2  new subsection (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  An  insurer,  subject to the provisions of this article, a corpo-
     4  ration organized pursuant to article forty-three of this chapter,  or  a
     5  licensed maintenance organization under article forty-four of the public
     6  health  law,  that  issues  a  health  insurance policy or contract that
     7  provides eligibility for a special enrollment period shall allow for the
     8  enrollment of a pregnant individual at any time after  the  commencement
     9  of  the  pregnancy,  as certified by a health care practitioner licensed
    10  pursuant to title eight of the education law acting within the scope  of
    11  his or her practice.  Coverage shall be effective as of the first of the
    12  month in which the individual receives certification of the pregnancy.
    13    §  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2507 to
    14  read as follows:
    15    § 2507. Special enrollment; pregnancy.  An  insurer,  subject  to  the
    16  provisions  of  article  thirty-two  of the insurance law, a corporation
    17  organized pursuant to article forty-three of the  insurance  law,  or  a
    18  licensed maintenance organization under article forty-four of this chap-
    19  ter,  that  issues  a  health insurance policy or contract that provides
    20  eligibility for a special enrollment period shall allow for the  enroll-
    21  ment  of a pregnant individual at any time after the commencement of the
    22  pregnancy, as certified by a health care practitioner licensed  pursuant
    23  to  title  eight of the education law, acting within his or her scope of
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09939-14-5

        S. 5972                             2
 
     1  practice.  Coverage shall be deemed effective as of  the  first  of  the
     2  month in which the individual receives certification of the pregnancy.
     3    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     4  ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
     5  qualified  health plans issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on
     6  or after such effective date; provided, however,  that  effective  imme-
     7  diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
     8  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
     9  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
    10  effective date.
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