New York A 4547: Requires insurer to respond within thirty days of a request from an insured for his or her health plan documents

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A04547 Summary:

BILL NOA04547A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00610-A

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §210-d, Ed L

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Relates to the registration of new curricula or programs of study offered by a not-for-profit college or university; provides for the procedures to have such curricula or programs of study approved by the department of education.

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BILL NOA04547A

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02/04/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

02/18/2026amend and recommit to higher education

02/18/2026print number 4547a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4547--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher
 Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the registration of
 new curricula or programs of study offered by a not-for-profit college
 or university

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 210-d
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 210-d. Registration of curricula. 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule
 4 or regulation to the contrary, any new curriculum or program of study
 5 offered by any not-for-profit college or university chartered by the
 6 regents or incorporated by special act of the legislature that does not
 7 require a master plan amendment pursuant to section two hundred thirty-
 8 seven of this part, charter amendment pursuant to section two hundred
 9 sixteen of this part, or lead to professional licensure, and that is
 10 approved by the state university board of trustees, the city university
 11 board of trustees, or the trustees or governing body of any other not-
 12 for-profit college or university chartered by the regents which (a) has
 13 maintained a physical presence in the state for the immediately preced-
 14 ing ten years and has been operated continuously by the same governing
 15 body during the same immediately preceding ten-year period, and is
 16 accredited and has continued its accreditation by the Middle States
 17 Commission on Higher Education or another institutional accrediting
 18 agency recognized by the secretary of the United States department of
 19 education or the department for the immediately preceding ten years, or
 20 (b) notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, meets the defi-
 21 nition of a highly qualified out of state institution pursuant to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01568-03-6

 A. 4547--A 2

 1 3.59(f) of the commissioner's rules and regulations and has received
 2 approval for a charter by the regents and approval of a petition to
 3 merge with a chartered New York state institution that has maintained a
 4 physical presence in the state for the immediately preceding ten-year
 5 period prior to the merger, shall be deemed registered with the depart-
 6 ment forty-five days after notification of approval by such college or
 7 university's governing body and submission of a complete application for
 8 review. If within forty-five days of submission, the department deter-
 9 mines the new curriculum or program of study to be incomplete or insuf-
 10 ficient, a written explanation shall be provided to the institution.
 11 Upon curing, the new curriculum or program of study shall be deemed
 12 registered with the department thirty days after resubmission, or earli-
 13 er upon the department's approval.
 14 2. Any not-for-profit college or university that meets the criteria
 15 set forth in subdivision one of this section which has received curric-
 16 ulum or program approval from the department and seeks to offer the same
 17 curriculum or program in a distance learning format shall not