New York A 227: Relates to insurance reimbursement for cost of vaccinations

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A00227 Summary:

BILL NOA00227 

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Amd §3420, Ins L; amd §2, Chap 490 of 2017

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Ensures that supplemental uninsured/underinsured insurance coverage is included in certain insurance policies; provides for certain notice and information to be given to insured motorists; extends certain provisions relating to supplemental uninsured/underinsured insurance coverage until 6/30/2029.

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01/08/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 227

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to supplemental
 uninsured/underinsured insurance; and to amend chapter 490 of the laws
 of 2017 amending the insurance law relating to limits on certain
 supplementary insurance, in relation to extending the provisions ther-
 eof

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 2-a of subsection (f) of section 3420 of the
 2 insurance law, as amended by chapter 15 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (2-a) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph two of this subsection, this para-
 5 graph shall apply to any new insurance policy or contract subject to
 6 this subsection entered into, issued, renewed, or amended after the
 7 effective date of this paragraph. This paragraph shall not be deemed to
 8 apply to [any policies originally entered into prior to the effective
 9 date of this paragraph, but renewed after the effective date of this
 10 paragraph, or to] any policy of commercial risk insurance. Any [new]
 11 insurance policy or contract entered into, issued, renewed, or amended
 12 after the effective date of this paragraph shall[, at the option of the
 13 first named insured,] also provide supplementary uninsured/underinsured
 14 motorists insurance for bodily injury, in an amount equal to the bodily
 15 injury liability insurance limits of coverage provided under such motor
 16 vehicle liability insurance policy[; provided, however, that a first
 17 named insured may exercise the choice] unless the first named insured
 18 elects in writing to decline such supplementary uninsured/underinsured
 19 motorists insurance or select a lower amount of coverage through a writ-
 20 ten waiver signed, or electronically signed, by such insured, subject to
 21 the requirements of subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. Supplementary

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01234-01-5

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 1 uninsured/underinsured motorists insurance shall provide coverage, in
 2 any state or Canadian province, if the limits of liability under all
 3 bodily injury liability bonds and insurance policies of any other motor
 4 vehicle liable for damages are in a lesser amount than the bodily injury
 5 liability insurance limits of coverage provided by such policy. Upon
 6 written request by any insured covered by supplemental
 7 uninsured/underinsured motorists insurance or a duly authorized repre-
 8 sentative and upon disclosure by the insured of the insured's bodily
 9 injury and supplemental uninsured/underinsured motorists insurance
 10 coverage limits, the insurer of any other owner or operator of another
 11 motor vehicle against which a claim has been made for damages to the
 12 insured shall disclose, within forty-five days of the request, the bodi-
 13 ly injury liability insurance limits of its coverage provided under the
 14 policy or all bodily injury liability bonds. The time of the insured to
 15 make any supplementary uninsured/underinsured motorist claim, shall be
 16 tolled during the period the insurer of any other owner or operator of
 17 another motor vehicle that may be liable for damages to the insured,
 18 fails to so disclose its coverage. As a condition