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NY A00486
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Woerner
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AI Summary
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Prohibits insurance carriers and the state insurance fund from making distinctions or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, marital status, or national origin in disability insurance policies under workers' compensation law
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Bans discrimination in the amount or payment of premiums, rate charges, benefits payable, and all other terms and conditions of disability insurance policies
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Explicitly defines "sex" to include conditions unique to one's sex, such as pregnancy
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Applies to any contract of insurance that is issued, reinstated, amended, or endorsed providing required disability benefits
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Provides for equitable disability policies; prohibits any difference, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, or national origin in the amount or payment of premiums or rate charges, or in the benefits payable, or in any of the other terms or conditions of any policy of disability insurance under the workers' compensation law.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026