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A02832 Summary:
BILL NO | A02832 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00067 |
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SPONSOR | Cymbrowitz (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Abbate, Bronson, Malliotakis, Peoples-Stokes, Weprin, Abinanti, Seawright, Bichotte, Hevesi, Ramos, Reyes, Gottfried, Walczyk, Wallace, Cruz |
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MLTSPNSR | Richardson |
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Amd §2612, Ins L | |
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Requires health insurers to provide an insurer or subscriber who is a victim of domestic violence, upon request of such insurer or subscriber, with the option to designate alternative contact information for the purpose of receiving specific claim information or for specific billing purposes. |
A02832 Actions:
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01/25/2019 | referred to insurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/06/2019 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/07/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/09/2019 | advanced to third reading cal.285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/14/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/14/2019 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/14/2019 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES |
A02832 Committee Votes:
Cahill | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Rivera | Excused | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Steck | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Hunter | Aye | ||||||||
Simotas | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Excused | ||||||||
Niou | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Stern | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Romeo | Aye | ||||||||
Jacobson | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Absent | ||||||||
Hevesi | Excused | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
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A02832 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
ER
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
ER
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
ER
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
ER
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
ER
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
ER
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A02832 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2832 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, ABBATE, BRONSON, MALLIOTAKIS, PEOPLES-STOKES, WEPRIN, ABINANTI, SEAWRIGHT, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to allowing victims of domestic violence the opportunity to designate an alternate address for health insurance claims or billing purposes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsections (f) and (g) of section 2612 of the insurance 2 law, subsection (f) as amended by chapter 246 of the laws of 2005 and 3 subsection (g) as added by chapter 361 of the laws of 2006, are amended 4 to read as follows: 5 (f) If any person covered by an insurance policy issued to another 6 person as the policyholder delivers to the insurer that issued the poli- 7 cy, at its home office, (i) a valid order of protection against the 8 policyholder, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, 9 or (ii) a request to designate an alternative mailing address, telephone 10 number or other contact information for the purpose of receiving specif- 11 ic claim information or for specific billing purposes relating to such 12 insured accompanied by a signed statement made under oath that he or she 13 is a victim of domestic violence and the disclosure of such information 14 would endanger him or her the insurer shall be prohibited for the dura- 15 tion of the order, or until the request made pursuant to this paragraph, 16 is cancelled by the requesting party in writing from disclosing to the 17 policyholder the address [and], telephone number or other contact infor- 18 mation of the insured, or of any person or entity providing covered 19 services to the insured or from mailing any information described in 20 this paragraph to any address other than the designated alternative 21 address provided pursuant to such paragraph. If a child is the covered 22 person, the right established by this subsection may be asserted by, and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05156-02-9A. 2832 2 1 shall also extend to, the parent or guardian of the child. The super- 2 intendent, in consultation with the commissioner of health and the 3 office of children and family services and the office for the prevention 4 of domestic violence, shall promulgate rules to guide and enable insur- 5 ers to guard against the disclosure of the address and location of an 6 insured who is a victim of domestic violence. 7 (g) If any person covered by a group insurance policy delivers to the 8 insurer that issued the policy, at its home office, (i) a valid order of 9 protection against another person covered by the group policy, issued by 10 a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, or (ii) a request to 11 designate an alternative mailing address, telephone number or other 12 contact information for the purpose of receiving specific claim informa- 13 tion or for specific billing purposes relating to such insured accompa- 14 nied by a signed statement made under oath that he or she is a victim of 15 domestic violence and the disclosure of such information would endanger 16 him or her the insurer shall be prohibited for the duration of the order 17 or until the request made pursuant to this paragraph, is cancelled by 18 the requesting party in writing from disclosing to the person against 19 whom [the] a valid order of protection was issued the address [and], 20 telephone number or other contact information of the insured person 21 covered by the order of protection[,]; mailing any information described 22 in this paragraph to any address other than the designated alternative 23 address provided pursuant to such paragraph; or disclosing the address, 24 telephone number, or other contact information of any person or entity 25 providing covered services to the insured person covered by the order of 26 protection or the person making a request under this subsection. If a 27 child is the covered person, the right established by this subsection 28 may be asserted by, and shall also extend to, the parent or guardian of 29 the child. The superintendent, in consultation with the commissioner of 30 health, the office of children and family services and the office for 31 the prevention of domestic violence, shall promulgate rules to guide and 32 enable insurers to guard against the disclosure of the address and 33 location of an insured who is a victim of domestic violence. 34 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 35 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.