Bill Text: NY A04308 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4308 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits insurers from selling policies of insurance which duplicate existing coverage relative to long term health care policies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to insurance [A04308 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04308-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4308
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, ORTIZ, BLAKE, D'URSO --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, GOTTFRIED, HYNDMAN,  MOSLEY  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
        AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting duplicate
          coverage relative to long term health care policies
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  1117 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
     2  new subsection (h) to read as follows:
     3    (h) No policy of insurance covering long term care issued  subject  to
     4  the  provisions of this section shall provide any type of coverage to an
     5  insured which the insured already has in force and effect at the time of
     6  execution of such a policy covering long term care.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07989-01-9