Bill Text: NY A08683 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that policies and contracts covering diagnostic screening for prostate cancer shall not be subject to cost sharing; requires notice of availability of such coverage without cost sharing to be provided in the notice to persons at risk of or having prostate cancer.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - substituted by s6882a [A08683 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08683-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8683--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY September 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GALEF -- 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 commit- tee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the written summa- ry relating to prostate cancer; and to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage of diagnostic screening for prostate cancer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2404-a of the public health law, as added by chap- 2 ter 141 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 2404-a. Prostate cancer; duty to inform. 1. The commissioner shall 4 develop a standardized written summary, in plain non-technical language, 5 which shall explain the following: 6 (a) the symptoms and risk factors for prostate cancer; 7 (b) the available methods for the detection and diagnosis of prostate 8 cancer, including information on the relative accuracy of the available 9 detection and diagnostic techniques; 10 (c) the availability of insurance coverage for diagnostic screening 11 for prostate cancer without cost sharing pursuant to subparagraph (B) of 12 paragraph eleven-a of subsection (i) of section three thousand two 13 hundred sixteen, subparagraph (B) of paragraph eleven-a of subsection 14 (1) of section three thousand two hundred twenty-one and paragraph two 15 of subsection (z-1) of section four thousand three hundred three of the 16 insurance law; and 17 [(c)] (d) the alternative medically viable methods of treating 18 prostate cancer, including but not limited to hormonal, radiological, 19 chemotherapeutic or surgical treatments, or combinations thereof. The 20 summary shall contain information on prostate post-treatment risks and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13496-03-8A. 8683--A 2 1 other pertinent information to aid a person in deciding a course of 2 treatment. The summary shall be updated as is necessary. 3 [(d)] 2. The summary shall be provided to any health care provider or 4 practitioner providing medical treatment to adult men without charge or 5 fee for distribution in accordance with subdivision [two] three of this 6 section. 7 [2.] 3. The standardized written summary provided for by subdivision 8 one of this section may be provided by a health care provider to each 9 person under [his/her] his or her care who is or may be at risk for 10 prostate cancer or who has been diagnosed to be afflicted with prostate 11 cancer upon said diagnosis, or as soon thereafter as practicable. 12 [3.] 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a cause 13 of action for lack of informed consent in any instance in which such 14 cause of action would be limited by section twenty-eight hundred five-d 15 of this chapter. 16 [4.] 5. The commissioner shall have the written summary, required by 17 this section, completed and prepared for distribution on or before Janu- 18 ary first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight. 19 § 2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 11-a of subsection (i) of section 20 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 601 of the laws of 2000, 21 is amended to read as follows: 22 (B) Such coverage [may] shall not be subject to annual deductibles 23 [and] or coinsurance [as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent24and as are consistent with those established for other benefits within a25given policy]. 26 § 3. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 11-a of subsection (1) of section 27 3221 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 601 of the laws of 2000, 28 is amended to read as follows: 29 (B) Such coverage [may] shall not be subject to annual deductibles 30 [and] or coinsurance [as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent31and as are consistent with those established for other benefits within a32given policy]. 33 § 4. Paragraph 2 of subsection (z-1) of section 4303 of the insurance 34 law, as added by chapter 601 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as 35 follows: 36 (2) Such coverage [may] shall not be subject to annual deductibles 37 [and] or coinsurance [as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent38and as are consistent with those established for other benefits within a39given policy]. 40 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately, and sections two, three 41 and four of this act shall apply to all policies and contracts issued, 42 renewed, modified or amended on or after January 1, 2019.
