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                                         5686
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- 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  enrollment  during
         pregnancy
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3217-c of the insurance law is amended by adding  a
    2  new subsection (d) to read as follows:
    3    (D)   AN   INSURER,   A  CORPORATION  ORGANIZED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
    4  FORTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, A MUNICIPAL COOPERATIVE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN
    5  CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  A  STUDENT
    6  HEALTH  PLAN  ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE THOUSAND
    7  ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, OR LICENSED MAINTENANCE  ORGAN-
    8  IZATION UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, THAT ISSUES A
    9  HEALTH  INSURANCE  POLICY  OR  CONTRACT  THAT PROVIDES ELIGIBILITY FOR A
   10  SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD SHALL ALLOW FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF  A  PREGNANT
   11  INDIVIDUAL  AT  ANY  TIME  AFTER  THE  COMMENCEMENT OF THE PREGNANCY, AS
   12  CERTIFIED BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. UPON ENROLLMENT, COVERAGE SHALL  BE
   13  DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT AS OF THE DATE OF APPLICATION.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11356-01-5