Assembly Bill A6859

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring health insurance companies to provide and store health proxy forms for the insured

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3998
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3217-a, add §3242, Ins L; amd §366-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6939
2013-2014: S3139
2015-2016: A6259, S2881
2019-2020: A3020

2017-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health insurance companies to provide health proxy forms to the insured and to store completed proxies on behalf of the insured; requires the department of social services to provide health proxy forms and instructions to persons applying for Medicaid.

2017-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6859
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  health
   insurance  companies to provide health care proxy forms to the insured
   and to store completed proxies on behalf of the insured and  to  amend
   the  social  services  law, in relation to requiring the department of
   social services to provide health care proxy forms and instructions to
   applicants for Medicaid
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 3217-a of the insurance law is amended by adding a
 new subsection (g) to read as follows:
   (G)  EACH INSURER SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL SUPPLY TO EACH INSURED
 BIENNIALLY, OR UPON  REQUEST,  TO  EACH  PROSPECTIVE  INSURED  PRIOR  TO
 ENROLLMENT,  A  WRITTEN HEALTH CARE PROXY FORM AND A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION
 OF THE PURPOSE OF THE HEALTH CARE PROXY FORM AND THE PROCEDURE BY  WHICH
 TO COMPLETE SUCH FORM.
   § 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3242 to read
 as follows:
   §  3242.  HEALTH  CARE  PROXY.  (A) AN INSURER SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL ACCEPT RECEIPT FROM AN INSURED OF HIS OR HER COMPLETED HEALTH CARE
 PROXY AND STORE  SUCH  COMPLETED  PROXY  WITH  THE  INSURED'S  PERMANENT
 RECORDS. THE INSURED MAY SUBMIT SUCH PROXY TO THE INSURER AT THE TIME OF
 REGISTRATION  OR  ENROLLMENT OF HIS OR HER HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY OR AT
 ANY TIME THE INSURED HOLDS A POLICY WITH THE INSURER.  THE  INSURED  MAY
 FILE  AN UPDATED COMPLETED PROXY WITH HIS OR HER INSURER AT ANY TIME THE
 INSURED HOLDS A POLICY WITH THE INSURER.
   (B) AN INSURER SHALL PROVIDE A COPY  OF  AN  INSURED'S  MOST  RECENTLY
 EXECUTED  HEALTH  CARE PROXY STORED WITH THE INSURED'S PERMANENT RECORDS
 BY THE INSURER TO ANY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR INSTITUTION  TREATING  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04676-01-7
              

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