A1247A-2011 Actions

• May 8, 2012: print number 1247a
• May 8, 2012: amend and recommit to insurance
• Apr 26, 2012: held for consideration in insurance
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to insurance
• Jan 14, 2011: reference changed to insurance
• Jan 5, 2011: referred to election law

A1247A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 1247--A
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. HAWLEY, McKEVITT, BURLING, RAIA, TOBACCO, FINCH
 -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BARCLAY,  CALHOUN,  JORDAN,  MENG,
 SAYWARD,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on
 Election Law -- reference changed to the  Committee  on  Insurance  -
 recommitted  to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Assembly
 Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, in relation to providing written
 notice of premium rate changes not less than sixty days prior  to  the
 effective date of such rate changes
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (p) of section 3221 of the insur
 ance law, as added by chapter 661 of the laws of  1997,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:

 (4)  At the time of coverage renewal, an insurer may modify the health
 insurance coverage for a group or blanket policy offered to a  large  or
 small group policyholder so long as such modification is consistent with
 this  chapter  and  effective  on  a uniform basis among all small group
 policyholders with that policy  form;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE  INSURER
 SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO ALL POLICY HOLDERS TO WHICH THE MODIFIED
 POLICY  SHALL  BE  OFFERED  OF ANY CHANGE IN PREMIUM RATES NOT LESS THAN
 SIXTY, BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY, DAYS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF SUCH RATES.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2012.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03374-03-2

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