STATE OF NEW YORK
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1715
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to limiting or excluding
pre-existing conditions in animal insurance policies
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 3462
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3462. Pre-existing conditions in animal insurance policies. Animal
4 insurance policies shall not contain any exclusion or limitation with
5 respect to pre-existing conditions of any animal.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
7 this act shall apply to insurance contracts issued or renewed on or
8 after such effective date, and shall apply at the next required policy
9 period, commencing on or after such date, to any insurance contract
10 written prior to the effective date of this act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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