Bill Text: NY S07631 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7631 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes discrimination where insurers exclude, limit, restrict or reduce coverage of a publicly-assisted housing accommodation due to lawful source of income.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S07631 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07631-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7631

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing discrimi-
          nation where insurers exclude, limit, restrict or reduce coverage of a
          publicly-assisted housing accommodation due to lawful source of income

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
     3    2-b. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for insurers that
     4  issue  or  deliver  policies  in  this state to cancel, refuse to issue,
     5  refuse to renew, or increase the premium of a policy or exclude,  limit,
     6  restrict or reduce coverage of a publicly-assisted housing accommodation
     7  due to lawful source of income.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11977-01-3