Bill Text: NY A05560 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the insurance department to study and make recommendations on the provision of long term health care insurance coverage and the settlement of claims under such insurance; requires the submission of a report to the superintendent of insurance, the governor and the legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to insurance [A05560 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05560-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5560
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 23, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, BOYLAND -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Insurance
       AN  ACT  to  direct the insurance department to study, evaluate and make
         recommendations concerning the provision  of  long  term  health  care
         insurance coverage and claims settlement in the state
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The insurance department is hereby authorized and  directed
    2  to  examine,  evaluate and make recommendations concerning the provision
    3  of long term health care insurance coverage in this state, as authorized
    4  pursuant to section 1117 of the insurance  law.  Such  department  shall
    5  review,  with  particular  care,  the claims settlement practices of the
    6  insurers providing such coverage in this state.
    7    S 2. The insurance department shall hold public hearings in the course
    8  of conducting its examination and evaluation pursuant to this act.
    9    S 3. The insurance department shall submit  a  report,  on  or  before
   10  January  1,  2012,  to the superintendent of insurance, the governor and
   11  the legislature of its findings, conclusions  and  recommendations,  and
   12  shall  submit  with its report such legislative and regulatory proposals
   13  as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
   14    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08818-01-1