N.Y. Insurance Law 4306-E – Prohibition on lifetime and annual limits
§ 4306-e. Prohibition on lifetime and annual limits. (a) A corporation shall not establish a lifetime limit on the dollar amount of essential health benefits in an individual, group or blanket contract of hospital, medical, surgical or prescription drug expense insurance.
Terms Used In N.Y. Insurance Law 4306-E
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(b) A corporation shall not establish an annual limit on the dollar amount of essential health benefits in an individual, group or blanket contract of hospital, medical, surgical or prescription drug expense insurance for contract years beginning on and after January one, two thousand fourteen.
(c) For contract years beginning prior to January one, two thousand fourteen, a corporation may establish restricted annual limits on the dollar amount of essential health benefits in an individual, group or blanket contract of hospital, medical, surgical or prescription drug expense insurance consistent with section 2711 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-11 or any regulations thereunder.
(d) The requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not be applicable to any individual contract that is a grandfathered health plan. For purposes of this section, "grandfathered health plan" means coverage provided by a corporation in which an individual was enrolled on March twenty-third, two thousand ten for as long as the coverage maintains grandfathered status in accordance with section 1251(e) of the Affordable Care Act, 42 U.S.C. § 18011(e).
(e) For purposes of this section, "essential health benefits" shall have the meaning ascribed by section 1302(b) of the Affordable Care Act, 42 U.S.C. § 18022(b).