Bill Text: NY S00043 | 2017-2018 | 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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-05 - PRINT NUMBER 43A [S00043 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00043-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 43--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 35 to read as follows: 3 (35) 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. LBD05691-05-8