Bill Text: NY A00174 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain health and casualty insurers to provide coverage for prenatal vitamins.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to insurance [A00174 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00174-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           174

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, PERRY, ROZIC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of  A.  J. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insur-
          ance

        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for  prenatal
          vitamins

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216  of  the  insurance  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph 10-a to read as follows:
     3    (10-a)(A)  Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs
     4  shall provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed or  ordered
     5  by  a  health  care provider legally authorized to prescribe under title
     6  eight of the education law.
     7    (B) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance
     8  as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent
     9  with those established for other benefits within a given policy.
    10    § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
    11  adding a new paragraph 5-a to read as follows:
    12    (5-a)(A) Every group or blanket policy  which  provides  coverage  for
    13  prescription  drugs  shall  provide  coverage for prenatal vitamins when
    14  prescribed or ordered by a health care provider  legally  authorized  to
    15  prescribe under title eight of the education law.
    16    (B)  Such  coverage  may  be subject to annual deductibles and coinsu-
    17  rance, as may be deemed appropriate by the  superintendent  and  as  are
    18  consistent  with  those  established  for  other benefits within a given
    19  policy.
    20    § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    21  subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
    22    (c-1)(1)  Every  contract  issued  by  a  corporation  subject  to the
    23  provisions of this article  which  provides  coverage  for  prescription

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02608-01-1
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     1  drugs  shall  provide  coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed or
     2  ordered by a health care provider legally authorized to prescribe  under
     3  title eight of the education law.
     4    (2) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance
     5  as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent
     6  with those established for other benefits within a given contract.
     7    §  4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     8  ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
     9  policies issued, reissued, renewed, modified or amended on or after such
    10  date.