Bill Text: NY A04495 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4495 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for annual chlamydia screenings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-12 - enacting clause stricken [A04495 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04495-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4495
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PEOPLES-STOKES,  GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, TITONE,
         GLICK, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  coverage  of  annual
         chlamydia screenings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subsection (jj) to read as follows:
    3    (JJ)  A  MEDICAL  EXPENSE  INDEMNITY  CORPORATION,  A HOSPITAL SERVICE
    4  CORPORATION OR A HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE  FOR
    5  HOSPITAL, SURGICAL, OR MEDICAL CARE SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR AN ANNUAL
    6  CHLAMYDIA  SCREENING  FOR MEN AND WOMEN. SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO
    7  ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE  BY  THE
    8  SUPERINTENDENT  AND  AS  ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER
    9  BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07877-01-3