Bill Text: NY A06042 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6042

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Bill Title: Requires insurance policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during pregnancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-05 - REFERRED TO RULES [A06042 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06042-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6042

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  STIRPE,  COLTON,  CRUZ,
          JEAN-PIERRE, JACKSON -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Insurance

        AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
          policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during preg-
          nancy

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

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Eli Parker
     2  Levitt Law".
     3    §  2.  Paragraph 10 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance
     4  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
     5    (C) Coverage provided under this  paragraph  for  care  and  treatment
     6  during pregnancy shall include provision for payments for not less than:
     7    (i) a transvaginal ultrasound once between sixteen through twenty-four
     8  weeks; and
     9    (ii)  a  transvaginal  ultrasound every two weeks from sixteen through
    10  twenty-four weeks for pregnant individuals with any  of  the  following:
    11  (I)  a history of early delivery between thirteen and thirty-seven weeks
    12  in any prior pregnancy;  (II)  a  history  of  any  surgical  procedure,
    13  including  office  procedures,  performed on their cervix, including but
    14  not limited to LEEP and cone biopsy; (III) multifetal pregnancies;  (IV)
    15  a  pregnant  individual with a uterine unification defect, including but
    16  not limited to bicornuate, septate or unicornuate uterus, or any congen-
    17  ital structural defect of a kidney; and (V) a history of prior  delivery
    18  occurring at or near term by cesarean after obstructed labor.
    19    §  3.  Paragraph  5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
    20  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
    21    (C) Coverage provided under this  paragraph  for  care  and  treatment
    22  during pregnancy shall include provision for payments for not less than:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01169-02-3

        A. 6042                             2

     1    (i) a transvaginal ultrasound once between sixteen through twenty-four
     2  weeks; and
     3    (ii)  a  transvaginal  ultrasound every two weeks from sixteen through
     4  twenty-four weeks for pregnant individuals with any  of  the  following:
     5  (I)  a history of early delivery between thirteen and thirty-seven weeks
     6  in any prior pregnancy;  (II)  a  history  of  any  surgical  procedure,
     7  including  office  procedures,  performed on their cervix, including but
     8  not limited to LEEP and cone biopsy; (III) multifetal pregnancies;  (IV)
     9  a  pregnant  individual with a uterine unification defect, including but
    10  not limited to bicornuate, septate or unicornuate uterus, or any congen-
    11  ital structural defect of a kidney; and (V) a history of prior  delivery
    12  occurring at or near term by cesarean after obstructed labor.
    13    §  4.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance
    14  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
    15    (D) Coverage provided under this  paragraph  for  care  and  treatment
    16  during pregnancy shall include provision for payments for not less than:
    17    (i) a transvaginal ultrasound once between sixteen through twenty-four
    18  weeks; and
    19    (ii)  a  transvaginal  ultrasound every two weeks from sixteen through
    20  twenty-four weeks for pregnant individuals with any  of  the  following:
    21  (I)  a history of early delivery between thirteen and thirty-seven weeks
    22  in any prior pregnancy;  (II)  a  history  of  any  surgical  procedure,
    23  including  office  procedures,  performed on their cervix, including but
    24  not limited to LEEP and cone biopsy; (III) multifetal pregnancies;  (IV)
    25  a  pregnant  individual with a uterine unification defect, including but
    26  not limited to bicornuate, septate or unicornuate uterus, or any congen-
    27  ital structural defect of a kidney; and (V) a history of prior  delivery
    28  occurring at or near term by cesarean after obstructed labor.
    29    §  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    30  have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    31  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    32  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    33  on or before such date.