A08578 Summary:

BILL NOA08578
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORCook (MS)
 
COSPNSRGottfried, Cymbrowitz, Weprin, D'Urso, Fernandez, Blake, Reyes, Crespo
 
MLTSPNSRGlick, Peoples-Stokes, Perry
 
Add §§3218-a & 4331, Ins L
 
Requires insurers offering renewal of certain Medicare supplemental insurance policies or providing notification of a change in premiums of such policies to notify policyholders of the availability of policies offered by such insurer with similar benefits at a comparable premium or the ability of such policyholder to purchase a different policy without the pre-existing condition waiting period; applies to policies for which such insurers no longer accept new contracts but continue to renew for existing policyholders.
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A08578 Actions:

BILL NOA08578
 
09/13/2019referred to insurance
01/08/2020referred to insurance
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A08578 Committee Votes:

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A08578 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A08578 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8578
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                   September 13, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. COOK, GOTTFRIED, CYMBROWITZ, WEPRIN -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M.  of A. GLICK, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY  --  read  once
          and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing disclosure
          to medicare supplemental insurance policy holders regarding the rights
          of such holders at the time of a rate change
 
          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 3218-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3218-a. Required disclosure to Medicare supplemental insurance poli-
     4  cy  holders.  (a)  Every  insurer  offering a renewal of a contract to a
     5  closed block member, or notifying such closed block member of a proposed
     6  or approved change in the premiums or the benefits under such  contract,
     7  shall  notify  such  member in writing, in a form approved by the super-
     8  intendent, of:  (1) the ability of such member to purchase  a  different
     9  policy  without  undergoing  a  pre-existing  condition  waiting  period
    10  providing there was continuous coverage the previous six months; and (2)
    11  the availability of any policy  or  contract  offered  by  such  insurer
    12  providing similar benefits at a lower premium, and a toll-free telephone
    13  number  and  internet  website  where  such  member may find information
    14  regarding policies providing similar benefits offered by another  insur-
    15  er,  a  corporation  organized  pursuant  to article forty-three of this
    16  chapter, or an organization certified pursuant to article forty-four  of
    17  the public health law.
    18    (b) For the purposes of this section, "closed block member" shall mean
    19  the holder of a contract of Medicare supplemental insurance issued by an
    20  insurer  pursuant to a form for which such insurer no longer solicits or
    21  accepts new policyholders, but continues to offer renewal  contracts  to
    22  existing policyholders under such form.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13679-01-9

        A. 8578                             2
 
     1    § 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 4331 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    §  4331. Required disclosure to Medicare supplemental insurance policy
     4  holders. (a) Every corporation offering a renewal of  a  contract  to  a
     5  closed block member, or notifying such closed block member of a proposed
     6  or  approved change in the premiums or the benefits under such contract,
     7  shall notify such member in writing, in a form approved  by  the  super-
     8  intendent,  of:  (1)  the ability of such member to purchase a different
     9  contract without undergoing  a  pre-existing  condition  waiting  period
    10  providing there was continuous coverage the previous six months; and (2)
    11  the  availability  of any policy or contract offered by such corporation
    12  providing similar benefits at a lower premium, and a toll-free telephone
    13  number and internet website  where  such  member  may  find  information
    14  regarding contracts providing similar benefits offered by another insur-
    15  er, a corporation organized pursuant to this article, or an organization
    16  certified pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law.
    17    (b) For the purposes of this section, "closed block member" shall mean
    18  the  holder of a contract of Medicare supplemental insurance issued by a
    19  corporation pursuant to a form for  which  such  corporation  no  longer
    20  solicits  or  accepts  new  subscribers,  but continues to offer renewal
    21  contracts to existing subscribers under such form.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on January first next  succeeding  the
    23  date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all policies
    24  issued, renewed, modified or altered on or after such date.
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