STATE OF NEW YORK
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4639--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
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 § 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 § 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.
LBD09939-10-5
