Bill Text: NY A05223 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5223 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires insurance coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to insurance [A05223 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05223-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5223

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, ENGLEBRIGHT, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Insurance

        AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
          coverage for the cost of donated breast milk

          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 donated breast milk.
     5    § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
     6  adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
     7    (21) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
     8  include coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.
     9    § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    10  subsection (ss) to read as follows:
    11    (ss)  Every  contract  issued  by a hospital services corporation or a
    12  health services corporation which  provides  coverage  for  prescription
    13  drugs shall include coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.
    14    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06545-01-1