New York S 3147: Relates to the sale of a non-indemnity legal service plan

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S03147 Summary:

BILL NOS03147 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08006

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRSCARCELLA-SPANTON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1101, Ins L

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Provides that the sale of a non-indemnity legal service plan shall not constitute doing an insurance business in this state; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS03147 

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

03/03/20251ST REPORT CAL.417

03/04/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/26/2025PASSED SENATE

03/26/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/26/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

03/09/20261ST REPORT CAL.485

03/10/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/11/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/20/2026PASSED SENATE

04/20/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/20/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3147

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the sale of a non-in-
 demnity legal service plan

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

 1 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 1101 of the insurance law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 9 to read as follows:
 3 (9)(A) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sale of a non-indemnity
 4 legal service plan shall not constitute doing an insurance business in
 5 this state.
 6 (B) For purposes of this paragraph, a non-indemnity legal service plan
 7 includes any plan, regardless of the benefits, where legal services are
 8 available to members, or their dependents, through an organization that
 9 contracts directly with independent attorneys for the provision of the
 10 legal services and the organization pays the independent attorney via a
 11 capitated arrangement and the independent attorney receives no addi-
 12 tional payment or reimbursement from the organization for specified
 13 legal services or specified legal expenses.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03172-01-5

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