Bill Text: NY A02421 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that a student shall be eligible for up to eighteen months of coverage if such person is on medical leave from his or her school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-30 - held for consideration in insurance [A02421 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02421-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2421 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FINCH, GIGLIO, OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to medical coverage for students who take medical leaves of absence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 3237 of the insurance law, as 2 amended by chapter 575 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (a) Every individual health insurance policy and every group or blan- 5 ket accident and health insurance policy that provides coverage for 6 dependent children who are full-time students to a higher age than other 7 dependent children shall continue the coverage of a covered dependent 8 student who takes a leave of absence from school due to illness for a 9 period of [twelve] eighteen months from the last day of attendance in 10 school, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall require 11 coverage of a dependent student beyond the age at which coverage would 12 otherwise terminate. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any 14 contract issued, modified, or renewed on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04323-01-7
