Bill Text: NY A04962 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to requiring insurance coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-21 - REFERRED TO RULES [A04962 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04962-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4962--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, BRONSON, DE LA ROSA, CRUZ, FERNANDEZ, D. ROSENTHAL, JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection 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 36 to read as follows: 3 (36) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall 4 include coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the 5 prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV 6 infection. 7 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 8 adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows: 9 (21) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall 10 include coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the 11 prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV 12 infection. 13 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 14 subsection (ss) to read as follows: 15 (ss) Every contract issued by a hospital services corporation or a 16 health services corporation which provides coverage for prescription 17 drugs shall include coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis 18 (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis to 19 prevent HIV infection. 20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03249-02-0