Prohibits insurers from using retained asset accounts to hold proceeds from death benefits. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: INSURANCE

Provides that every policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or diagnostic X-rays shall provide coverage for testing of familial dysautonomia, Canavan's disease and Tay-Sachs; provides that in order to maintain the confidentiality of persons tested, receipt of acknowledgement from the testing facility shall be deemed sufficient evidence of testing. /
Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to reimbursement of non-emergency ambulette transportation services. /
Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: INSURANCE

Requires coverage for anesthesia and hospital charges for dental care. /
Sponsor: LARKIN Committee: INSURANCE

Prohibits insurers from limiting payment on claims for damage to motor vehicles based on pricing caps for labor, parts, paint or repair materials; prohibits insurers from recommending a particular repair facility; and requires insurers to provide and retain a signed notice to claimants in relation to insured's right to have a vehicle repaired in the shop of his/her choice. /
Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO Committee: INSURANCE

Establishes as a distinct territory for purposes of rating private passenger nonbusiness automobile insurance policies, a certain city with a population between 19,040 and 25,000 which is geographically contiguous to a city with a population between 292,648 and 350,000; provides that the superintendent may require insurers to adjust existing or establish new territory definitions based on such review. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: INSURANCE

Authorizes superintendent of financial services to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to prohibit retroactive charge-backs of health insurance rates. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to prohibiting rate variations of over ten percent between counties within the city of New York for non-business private passenger automobiles. /
Sponsor: DILAN Committee: INSURANCE

Extends provisions relating to owner controlled insurance programs; provides that for such purposes "public corporation" or "public authority" shall not include bridge, tunnel or omnibus facilities. /
Sponsor: DILAN Committee: INSURANCE

Requires the commissioner of financial services to conduct a study to identify problems and concerns regarding the bail bond business and to present his or her findings to the legislature. /
Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: INSURANCE

Allows third party notification by insurance carriers in regard to long term care policies; further prohibits the inclusion of certain goods/services in the sale of insurance policies without consent and provides penalty for a violation of this prohibition. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: INSURANCE

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: INSURANCE

Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection for persons fifty years of age or older; requires the superintendent of insurance to provide notification to enrollees of such coverage via mail. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: INSURANCE

Prohibits insurers from refusing to issue or renew, cancel, or charge or impose an increased premium for homeowners' insurance policies based on the breed of a dog owned if the dog completes an approved obedience course. /
Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: INSURANCE

Prohibits insurer from increasing auto insurance premiums upon renewal for persons 60 years of age or over based solely on the ground of the insured's age. /
Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INSURANCE

Removes cancer screening deductibles, copayments and coinsurance. /
Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INSURANCE

Requires notice of cancellation or non-renewal of property/casualty insurance policies to be sent by an insurer to an insured by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. /
Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to actions by health care providers against patients; provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to an action by a health care provider against a patient for recovery of payment for an outstanding bill that such health care provider failed to submit such insurance claim to the patient's insurer in a timely manner. /
Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INSURANCE

Provides that every insurance policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall insure that there is continuous coverage of a single source drug that is part of a prescribed therapy until such prescribed therapy is no longer medically necessary for the enrollee of such policy; defines "single source drug". /
Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: INSURANCE

Authorizes superintendent of financial services to conduct study and make recommendations on title insurance premium rates in NYS. /
Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: INSURANCE