Bill Text: NY S05890 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits insurers to provide certain loss prevention and risk management devices to insureds and prospective insureds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S05890 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05890-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5890
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 10, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to permitting insurers to
         provide  certain  loss  prevention  and  risk  management  devices  to
         insureds and prospective insureds
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2324 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
    3    (D-1)  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT AN INSURER,
    4  OR A PERSON ACTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH, OR ON BEHALF OF AN INSURER, FROM
    5  PROVIDING AN INSURED, OR A PROSPECTIVE INSURED, WITH LOSS  REDUCTION  OR
    6  SAFETY  RELATED  ELECTRONICS,  EQUIPMENT OR DEVICES OR ITEMS, OR SPECIAL
    7  OFFERS OR OTHER THINGS OF VALUE OR  INCENTIVES  DESIGNED  TO  ASSIST  AN
    8  INSURED  UNDER  A  POLICY IN MANAGING THE RISKS THEY MAY FACE WHILE THEY
    9  ARE AN INSURED OR IN PROMOTING DRIVER SAFETY FOR  PROSPECTIVE  INSUREDS.
   10  IN  CARRYING  OUT  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBSECTION, AN INSURER MAY
   11  PROVIDE SIMILAR BUT  NOT  NECESSARILY  IDENTICAL  DEVICES  OR  ITEMS  TO
   12  INSUREDS AND PROSPECTIVE INSUREDS.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11475-01-5
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