Bill Text: NY S03664 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits the imposition of different premium rates for disability insurance based on gender.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-02 - referred to insurance [S03664 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03664-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3664--A
            Cal. No. 666

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 12, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Insurance  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting the impo-
          sition of different rates for premiums for the provision of disability
          insurance

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

     1    Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3215-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  3215-a.  Disability insurance premium rates. No insurer offering or
     4  providing individual, group or  blanket  disability  insurance  in  this
     5  state  shall  charge  or  impose  different  rates  for premiums for the
     6  provision of such insurance on the basis of the gender of the insured or
     7  insureds.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2021, and shall apply to
     9  policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on
    10  or after such date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04429-02-9