New York S 4378: Requires insurer to respond within thirty days of a request from an insured for their health plan documents

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S04378 Summary:

BILL NOS04378 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04776

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3217-a & 4324, Ins L; amd §4408, Pub Health L

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Requires insurer to respond within thirty days of a written request from an insured for their health plan documents, including copies of most recent group or individual contracts.

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BILL NOS04378 

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4378

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
 to disclosure and access to health insurance plan documents

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 3217-a of the
 2 insurance law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (3) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
 5 er contracts and, upon the written request of an individual covered
 6 under a group contract which was the subject of collective bargaining,
 7 provide a copy of such contract within thirty days of the receipt of
 8 such request;
 9 § 2. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 4324 of the insurance
 10 law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
 11 follows:
 12 (3) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
 13 er contracts and, upon the written request of an individual covered
 14 under a group contract which was the subject of collective bargaining,
 15 provide a copy of such contract within thirty days of the receipt of
 16 such request;
 17 § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 4408 of the public
 18 health law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is amended to
 19 read as follows:
 20 (c) provide a copy of the most recent individual, direct pay subscrib-
 21 er contracts and, upon the written request of an individual covered
 22 under a group contract which was the subject of collective bargaining,
 23 provide a copy of such contract within thirty days of the receipt of
 24 such request;
 25 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 26 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05807-01-5

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