New York Assembly Bill A08834 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8834--A  IN ASSEMBLY January 18, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi- nation against individuals who tested positive for HIV or who were prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis medication for HIV prevention with respect to life, accident, and health insurance coverage The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (a) of section 4224 of the insur- 2 ance law is renumbered paragraph 4 and a new paragraph 3 is added to 3 read as follows: 4 (3) refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure or limit the 5 amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge 6 a different rate for the same coverage solely because the insured or 7 potential insured was prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medica- 8 tion for the prevention of HIV infection; 9 § 2. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 4224 of the insurance 10 law is renumbered paragraph 4 and a new paragraph 3 is added to read as 11 follows: 12 (3) refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure or limit the 13 amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge 14 a different rate for the same coverage solely because the insured or 15 potential insured was prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medica- 16 tion for the prevention of HIV infection; 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13530-04-4