New York A 8534: Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have tested positive for HIV with respect to insurance coverage

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A08534 Summary:

BILL NOA08534 

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SPONSORSimone

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Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have tested positive for HIV with respect to life, accident, and health insurance coverage.

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BILL NOA08534 

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05/20/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8534

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi-
 nation against individuals who tested positive for HIV with respect to
 life, accident, and health insurance coverage

 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 (a) of section 4224 of the insur-
 2 ance law, as added by chapter 126 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (3) refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure or limit the
 5 amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge
 6 a different rate for the same coverage solely because the insured or
 7 potential insured tested positive for HIV or was prescribed pre-exposure
 8 prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for the prevention of HIV infection;
 9 § 2. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 4224 of the insurance
 10 law, as added by chapter 126 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 11 follows:
 12 (3) refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure or limit the
 13 amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge
 14 a different rate for the same coverage solely because the insured or
 15 potential insured tested positive for HIV or was prescribed pre-exposure
 16 prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for the prevention of HIV infection;
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11952-01-5

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