Bill Text: NY A06042 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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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
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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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. LBD01169-02-3A. 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.