Bill Text: NY A03075 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends certain time frames for action by insurers relating to requests for unclaimed life insurance through the lost policy finder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-08 - SIGNED CHAP.468 [A03075 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03075-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3075
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. HUNTER, D. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to unclaimed life  insur-
          ance benefits
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph 4 of subsection  (h)  of
     2  section  3240 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 10 of the laws
     3  of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     4    Within [thirty] sixty days of  receiving  the  request  referenced  in
     5  paragraph  two of this subsection[, or within forty-five days of receiv-
     6  ing the request where the insurer contracts with another entity to main-
     7  tain the insurer's records,] the insurer shall:
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05109-01-9