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NY A00297
Bill
Status
1/5/2017
Primary Sponsor
Aileen Gunther
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AI Summary
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Prohibits insurers from declining coverage, limiting benefits, or discriminating in premium rates based solely on an individual's status as a living organ or tissue donor without additional actuarial risks.
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Bars insurers from requiring individuals to refrain from donating organs or tissue as a condition of receiving or continuing life or accident and health insurance coverage.
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Requires the Department of Health to develop and distribute informational materials about live organ and tissue donation, including benefits, insurance impacts, federal tax deductions, and protections under this act.
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Expands the definition of "serious health condition" under workers' compensation law to include transplantation preparation and recovery from surgery related to organ or tissue donation, enabling family leave eligibility.
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Takes effect ninety days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Enacts the "living donor protection act of 2018"; prohibits discrimination in the provision of life, accident, and health insurance based on the status of an insured as a living organ or tissue donor; authorizes the provision of family leave to provide care during transplantation preparation and recovery from surgery related to organ or tissue donation; and directs the commissioner of health to develop and distribute informational materials relating to the benefits of being a living organ or tissue donor.
Last Action
substituted by s2496b
6/20/2018