Bill Text: NY A00227 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to insurance reimbursement for cost associated with vaccinations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to insurance [A00227 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00227-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           227

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, GALEF, GUNTHER, PAULIN,
          L. ROSENTHAL, AUBRY, BENEDETTO, BRONSON, COLTON, MONTESANO, J. RIVERA,
          OTIS, QUART, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
          CARROLL,  COOK,  FAHY,  JONES,  McDONOUGH, RICHARDSON -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Insurance

        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to  insurance  reimburse-
          ment for vaccination

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

     1    Section 1. Clause  (iii)  of  subparagraph  (B)  of  paragraph  17  of
     2  subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chap-
     3  ter 219 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (iii)  necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
     5  consultation with the commissioner of health,  consisting  of  at  least
     6  adequate  dosages  of  vaccine  against  diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
     7  polio, measles, rubella, mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and  hepa-
     8  titis  b,  which meet the standards approved by the United States public
     9  health service for such biological products, including reimbursement  to
    10  the  health  care  provider  for  the  acquisition costs of the vaccine,
    11  according to the current or most recently reported United States centers
    12  for disease control and prevention private sector cost plus a minimum of
    13  twenty-one percent for shipping, handling and  storage  costs,  and  the
    14  total  cost  of  administration  of  the  vaccine, including the cost of
    15  supplies, data  entry,  vaccine  counseling,  inventory  management  and
    16  routine nursing activities based on the current year's medicare rates as
    17  published  by  the  United  States  centers  for  medicare  and medicaid
    18  services.
    19    § 2. Clause (ii) of subparagraph (E) of paragraph 17 of subsection (i)
    20  of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219  of  the
    21  laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00101-01-1

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     1    (ii) immunizations that have in effect a recommendation from the advi-
     2  sory  committee  on  immunization  practices  of the centers for disease
     3  control and prevention with respect to the individual involved,  includ-
     4  ing  reimbursement to the health care provider for the acquisition costs
     5  of  the  vaccine,  according  to  the  current or most recently reported
     6  United States centers for disease control and prevention private  sector
     7  cost  plus  a  minimum  of twenty-one percent for shipping, handling and
     8  storage costs, and the total cost  of  administration  of  the  vaccine,
     9  including the cost of supplies, data entry, vaccine counseling, invento-
    10  ry management and routine nursing activities based on the current year's
    11  medicare  rates  as  published by the United States centers for medicare
    12  and medicaid services;
    13    § 3. Clause (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 8 of subsection (l)
    14  of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219  of  the
    15  laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    16    (iii)  necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
    17  consultation with the commissioner of health,  consisting  of  at  least
    18  adequate  dosages  of  vaccine  against  diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
    19  polio, measles, rubella, mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and  hepa-
    20  titis  b,  which meet the standards approved by the United States public
    21  health service for such biological products, including reimbursement  to
    22  the  health  care  provider  for  the  acquisition costs of the vaccine,
    23  according to the current or most recently reported United States centers
    24  for disease control and prevention private sector cost plus a minimum of
    25  twenty-one percent for shipping, handling and  storage  costs,  and  the
    26  total  cost  of  administration  of  the  vaccine, including the cost of
    27  supplies, data  entry,  vaccine  counseling,  inventory  management  and
    28  routine nursing activities based on the current year's medicare rates as
    29  published  by  the  United  States  centers  for  medicare  and medicaid
    30  services.
    31    § 4. Clause (ii) of subparagraph (E) of paragraph 8 of subdivision (l)
    32  of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219  of  the
    33  laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    34    (ii) immunizations that have in effect a recommendation from the advi-
    35  sory  committee  on  immunization  practices  of the centers for disease
    36  control and prevention with respect to the individual involved,  includ-
    37  ing  reimbursement to the health care provider for the acquisition costs
    38  of the vaccine, according to  the  current  or  most  recently  reported
    39  United  States centers for disease control and prevention private sector
    40  cost plus a minimum of twenty-one percent  for  shipping,  handling  and
    41  storage  costs,  and  the  total  cost of administration of the vaccine,
    42  including the cost of supplies, data entry, vaccine counseling, invento-
    43  ry management and routine nursing activities based on the current year's
    44  medicare rates as published by the United States  centers  for  medicare
    45  and medicaid services;
    46    § 5. Subparagraph (C) of paragraph 2 of subsection (j) of section 4303
    47  of  the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011, is
    48  amended to read as follows:
    49    (C) necessary immunizations, as determined by  the  superintendent  in
    50  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of health, consisting of at least
    51  adequate dosages of  vaccine  against  diphtheria,  pertussis,  tetanus,
    52  polio,  measles, rubella, mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepa-
    53  titis b, which meet the standards approved by the United  States  public
    54  health  service for such biological products, including reimbursement to
    55  the health care provider for  the  acquisition  costs  of  the  vaccine,
    56  according to the current or most recently reported United States centers

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     1  for disease control and prevention private sector cost plus a minimum of
     2  twenty-one  percent  for  shipping,  handling and storage costs, and the
     3  total cost of administration of  the  vaccine,  including  the  cost  of
     4  supplies,  data  entry,  vaccine  counseling,  inventory  management and
     5  routine nursing activities based on the current year's medicare rates as
     6  published by  the  United  States  centers  for  medicare  and  medicaid
     7  services.
     8    § 6. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 3 of subsection (j) of section 4303
     9  of  the  insurance  law, as added by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011, is
    10  amended to read as follows:
    11    (B) immunizations that have in effect a recommendation from the  advi-
    12  sory  committee  on  immunization  practices  of the centers for disease
    13  control and prevention with respect to the individual involved,  includ-
    14  ing  reimbursement to the health care provider for the acquisition costs
    15  of the vaccine, according to  the  current  or  most  recently  reported
    16  United  States centers for disease control and prevention private sector
    17  cost plus a minimum of twenty-one percent  for  shipping,  handling  and
    18  storage  costs,  and  the  total  cost of administration of the vaccine,
    19  including the cost of supplies, data entry, vaccine counseling, invento-
    20  ry management and routine nursing activities based on the current year's
    21  medicare rates as published by the United States  centers  for  medicare
    22  and medicaid services;
    23    § 7. This act shall take effect on the first of January after it shall
    24  have  become  a law and shall apply to any contract entered into, deliv-
    25  ered, amended or modified on or after the date it takes effect.
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