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NY A02261

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/25/2023

Primary Sponsor

Amanda Septimo

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Origin

Assembly

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Increases the monthly limit for loss of earnings from work from $2,000 to $3,000 per month, maintaining the three-year maximum period following a motor vehicle accident.

  • Raises the daily limit for other reasonable and necessary expenses from $25 to $50 per day for up to one year, and explicitly includes medical transportation, non-medical transportation, pet care, house cleaning, laundry, and food delivery services as covered expenses.

  • Establishes that a treating physician's certification of work disability constitutes prima facie proof that an expense was reasonable and necessary.

  • Clarifies that the 20% deduction from lost earnings does not count toward the $50,000 basic economic loss limit per person.

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Legislative Description

Increases certain monetary limits under the comprehensive motor vehicle insurance reparations (No-fault) act; includes additional non-medical expenses.

Last Action

referred to insurance

1/3/2024

Committee Referrals

Insurance1/25/2023

Full Bill Text

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