New York A 3229: Prohibits a service charge or minimum balance requirement for attorney trust accounts

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A03229 Summary:

BILL NOA03229A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09695

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SPONSORDinowitz

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COSPNSRGallagher, Tapia, Stirpe, Simon, Glick, Colton, Rosenthal, Shimsky, Burdick, Forrest, Steck, Raga,
 Santabarbara, Davila, Reyes, Seawright, Cunningham, Slater, Gallahan, Chludzinski, Peoples-Stokes,
 Kelles, Paulin, Kassay, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld & add §2615, Ins L

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Prohibits insurance companies from discriminating based on genetic predisposition including refusing to issue or renew, charging any increased rate, or restricting any length of coverage; prohibits insurers from requiring genetic testing.

Go to top A03229 Actions:

BILL NOA03229A

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01/27/2025referred to insurance

04/09/2025amend and recommit to insurance

04/09/2025print number 3229a

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3229--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GALLAGHER, TAPIA, STIRPE, SIMON, GLICK,
 COLTON, ROSENTHAL, SHIMSKY, BURDICK, FORREST, STECK, RAGA, SANTABAR-
 BARA, DAVILA, REYES, SEAWRIGHT, CUNNINGHAM, SLATER, GALLAHAN -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurance
 companies from discriminating based on genetic predisposition; and to
 repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dennis
 2 Crawley genetic protection act of New York".
 3 § 2. Section 2615 of the insurance law is REPEALED and a new section
 4 2615 is added to read as follows:
 5 § 2615. Discrimination because of genetic predisposition. (a) No
 6 life, accident, health, disability, long term care, or medical indemnity
 7 insurer shall condition insurance rates, the provision or renewal of
 8 coverage or benefits, or any other coverage term on the agreement of an
 9 individual to undergo genetic testing. Such insurers shall not require
 10 or solicit genetic information, use genetic testing results, or consider
 11 a person's decisions or actions relating to genetic testing in any
 12 manner for any insurance purpose.
 13 (b) No life, accident, health, disability, long term care, or medical
 14 indemnity insurer shall refuse to issue or renew a policy, cancel a
 15 policy, or alter terms and conditions of coverage based on a genetic
 16 predisposition of the insured individual or of a member of the insured's
 17 family.
 18 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing an insur-
 19 er from accessing an individual's medical record, if otherwise allowed
 20 by law. Nothing in this section prohibits an insurer from considering a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07130-03-5

 A. 3229--A 2

 1 medical diagnosis included in an individual's medical record, even if a
 2 diagnosis was made based on the results of a genetic test.
 3 (d) For purposes of this section, the terms "genetic testing" and
 4 "genetic predisposition" shall have the meanings set forth in section
 5 seventy-nine-l of the civil rights law.
 6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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