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S 5051: Relates to paintless dent repair rate filing.
What S 5051 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to exempt the marketing, sale, and administration of service contracts from certain provisions of the Insurance Law. A provider may appoint an administrator or designee to handle these tasks. The bill requires providers to file the amount of their provider fee with the superintendent at least 30 days prior to an initial provider fee or a change in the fee. The filed amount cannot exceed the actual fee, and the provisions do not apply to contracts under certain subsections of the article. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO INSURANCE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5051
- What is the current status of S 5051?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5051 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 S 5051 pass?
- Not yet. S 5051 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5051, and where is it now?
- S 5051 was authored by Sen. Jamaal Bailey. Its committee of record is Senate Insurance.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
| Feb. 18, 2025 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 18, 2025 · 385 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5051 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to paintless dent repair rate filing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 7903 of the insurance law, as 2 amended by chapter 409 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contra- 5 ry, the marketing, sale, offering for sale, issuance, making, proposing 6 to make and administration of service contracts by any provider, admin- 7 istrator or other person, shall be exempt from all other provisions of 8 this chapter. A provider may, but is not required to, appoint an admin- 9 istrator or other designee to be responsible for any or all of the 10 administration of service contracts and compliance with this article. 11 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a provider of a 12 service contract, as defined in paragraphs two and three of subsection 13 (k) of section seven thousand nine hundred two of this article, shall, 14 at least thirty days prior to the effective date of an initial provider 15 fee, or a change in a provider fee, file the amount of the provider fee 16 with the superintendent and such filing shall be open to public 17 inspection; and provided further that the provider fee shall not exceed 18 the amount filed; and provided further that the provisions of this 19 subsection shall not apply to contracts under paragraph three of 20 subsection (k) of section seven thousand nine hundred two of this arti- 21 cle. The requirement to file the amount of the provider fee with the 22 superintendent in this subsection shall not apply to fees set forth in 23 any agreement to which an authorized insurer is a party. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01457-01-5
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