New York A 5753: Directs the state comptroller to conduct an audit of the department of financial services to ensure compliance with federal and state requirements

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A05753 Summary:

BILL NOA05753 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRChang, Gallahan, McDonough, Blankenbush

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §41-b, Exec L

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Directs the state comptroller to conduct an audit of the department of financial services to ensure the agency is meeting its responsibility to evaluate and assess insurer compliance with federal and state mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements.

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BILL NOA05753 

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02/20/2025referred to governmental operations

05/20/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5753

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the state
 comptroller to conduct an audit of the department of financial
 services to ensure the agency is meeting its responsibility to evalu-
 ate and assess insurer compliance with federal and state mental health
 and substance use disorder parity requirements

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 41-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 41-b. Audits of agencies by the comptroller. 1. At least biennially,
 4 the state comptroller shall conduct an audit of the department of finan-
 5 cial services for the purpose of ensuring the agency meets its responsi-
 6 bility to evaluate and assess insurer compliance with federal and state
 7 mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements pursuant to
 8 article three of the insurance law.
 9 2. (a) Upon completion of such audit pursuant to subdivision one of
 10 this section, the state comptroller shall publish a report that details
 11 the results of such audit including, but not limited to, a determination
 12 of the department of financial services' accuracy and effectiveness in
 13 measuring and evaluating insurer compliance with federal and state pari-
 14 ty requirements, determinations of compliance with federal and state
 15 parity requirements for each insurer, and thorough explanations describ-
 16 ing the reason, or reasons for making such compliance determinations.
 17 (b) The state comptroller shall provide such report to the governor,
 18 the attorney general, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker
 19 of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the minority leader
 20 of the assembly, the chair and the ranking member of the senate commit-
 21 tee on alcoholism and substance use disorders, the chair and the ranking
 22 member of the assembly committee on alcoholism and drug abuse, the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09646-01-5

 A. 5753 2

 1 chairs and the ranking members of the senate and the assembly committees
 2 on mental health, and the chairs and the ranking members of the senate
 3 and the assembly committees on insurance no later than the first day of
 4 July of the year immediately succeeding the effective date of this
 5 section. Subsequent reports detailing results and determinations of the
 6 state comptroller shall be completed and published at least biennially
 7 following publication of the first such report on or before the first
 8 day of July.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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