A 7274: Requires insurers which issue contracts providing long term care benefits to maintain records of policies cancelled during each year and requires that such records indicate which policies were cancelled due to, or within thirty days after, an increase in policy premiums.
What A 7274 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve the transparency of long-term care health insurance plans in New York. Authorized insurers must now prepare and maintain records that list the number of policies cancelled each year. These records will also indicate which policies were cancelled due to an increase in premiums within thirty days of the premium change. The records will be used to track the cancellation rates of long-term care plans and help insurers understand the impact of premium changes on their customers. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to insurance (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7274
- What is the current status of A 7274?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7274 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to insurance".
- Did A 7274 pass?
- Not yet. A 7274 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7274, and where is it now?
- A 7274 was authored by Asm. Vivian E. Cook with 5 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Insurance. It is filed under ISC, alongside 202 other New York ISC bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to insurance |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | referred to insurance |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 21, 2025 · 203 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7274 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, TAYLOR, BUTTENSCHON, WILLIAMS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to health insurance plans for long term care The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1117 of the insurance law is amended by adding a 2 new subsection (m) to read as follows: 3 (m) Any authorized insurer which issues contracts in connection with 4 plans providing benefits for long term care pursuant to the provisions 5 of this section shall prepare and maintain records which list the number 6 of such policies cancelled during each year. Such records shall also 7 indicate which policies were cancelled due to, or within thirty days 8 after, an increase in policy premiums. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06019-01-5
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