Bill Text: NY S00543 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection for persons fifty years of age or older; requires the superintendent of insurance to provide notification to enrollees of such coverage via mail.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S00543 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00543-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          543
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  providing  insurance
         coverage for colorectal cancer early detection
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph 27 of subsection  (i)  of  section  3216  of  the
    2  insurance  law,  as  added by chapter 457 of the laws of 2010, is renum-
    3  bered paragraph 30, paragraph 28 of subsection (i) of  section  3216  of
    4  the  insurance  law,  as  amended  by chapter 11 of the laws of 2012, is
    5  renumbered paragraph 31 and a new paragraph  32  is  added  to  read  as
    6  follows:
    7    (32) (A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
    8  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE TO ANY NAMED SUBSCRIBER OR OTHER PERSON COVERED
    9  THEREUNDER FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONDUCTING COLORECTAL  CANCER  EXAM-
   10  INATIONS  AND  LABORATORY TESTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS, INCLUDING EXPENSES
   11  INCURRED IN CONDUCTING PHYSICIAN  CONSULTATIONS  FOR  COLORECTAL  CANCER
   12  PRIOR  TO SUCH EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS, FOR PERSONS FIFTY YEARS OF AGE OR
   13  OLDER AND FOR PERSONS OF ANY AGE WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE AT  HIGH  RISK
   14  FOR COLORECTAL CANCER. THE METHODS OF SCREENING FOR WHICH BENEFITS SHALL
   15  BE PROVIDED SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   16    (I) A SCREENING FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST;
   17    (II) FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY;
   18    (III) COLONOSCOPY;
   19    (IV) BARIUM ENEMA; OR
   20    (V)  THE MOST RELIABLE, MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED SCREENING TEST AVAILABLE;
   21  AND
   22    (VI) ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
   23    THE METHOD AND FREQUENCY OF SCREENING  TO  BE  UTILIZED  SHALL  BE  IN
   24  ACCORD  WITH  THE  MOST  RECENTLY  PUBLISHED  GUIDELINES OF THE AMERICAN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02479-02-3
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    1  COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY OR THE AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL  ASSOCI-
    2  ATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
    3    (B) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "HIGH RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER" SHALL
    4  MEAN A PERSON HAS,
    5    (I)  A  FAMILY  HISTORY  OF FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; HEREDITARY
    6  NON-POLYPOSIS COLON CANCER; OR BREAST,  OVARIAN,  ENDOMETRIAL  OR  COLON
    7  CANCER OR POLYPS;
    8    (II) CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; OR
    9    (III) A BACKGROUND, ETHNICITY OR LIFESTYLE THAT THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES
   10  PUTS THE PERSON AT ELEVATED RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER.
   11    S 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
   12  adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
   13    (19) (A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
   14  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE TO ANY NAMED SUBSCRIBER OR OTHER PERSON COVERED
   15  THEREUNDER FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONDUCTING COLORECTAL  CANCER  EXAM-
   16  INATIONS  AND  LABORATORY TESTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS, INCLUDING EXPENSES
   17  INCURRED IN CONDUCTING PHYSICIAN  CONSULTATIONS  FOR  COLORECTAL  CANCER
   18  PRIOR  TO SUCH EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS, FOR PERSONS FIFTY YEARS OF AGE OR
   19  OLDER AND FOR PERSONS OF ANY AGE WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE AT  HIGH  RISK
   20  FOR COLORECTAL CANCER. THE METHODS OF SCREENING FOR WHICH BENEFITS SHALL
   21  BE PROVIDED SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   22    (I) A SCREENING FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST;
   23    (II) FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY;
   24    (III) COLONOSCOPY;
   25    (IV) BARIUM ENEMA; OR
   26    (V)  THE MOST RELIABLE, MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED SCREENING TEST AVAILABLE;
   27  AND
   28    (VI) ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
   29    THE METHOD AND FREQUENCY OF SCREENING  TO  BE  UTILIZED  SHALL  BE  IN
   30  ACCORD  WITH  THE  MOST  RECENTLY  PUBLISHED  GUIDELINES OF THE AMERICAN
   31  COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY OR THE AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL  ASSOCI-
   32  ATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
   33    (B) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "HIGH RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER" SHALL
   34  MEAN A PERSON HAS,
   35    (I)  A  FAMILY  HISTORY  OF FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; HEREDITARY
   36  NON-POLYPOSIS COLON CANCER; OR BREAST,  OVARIAN,  ENDOMETRIAL  OR  COLON
   37  CANCER OR POLYPS;
   38    (II) CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; OR
   39    (III) A BACKGROUND, ETHNICITY OR LIFESTYLE THAT THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES
   40  PUTS THE PERSON AT ELEVATED RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER.
   41    S 3. Subsection (a) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
   42  adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
   43    (4) TO PERSONS FIFTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE
   44  CONDUCTING  OF  COLORECTAL  CANCER  EXAMINATIONS AND LABORATORY TESTS AT
   45  REGULAR INTERVALS, INCLUDING EXPENSES INCURRED IN  CONDUCTING  PHYSICIAN
   46  CONSULTATIONS  FOR  COLORECTAL  CANCER  PRIOR  TO  SUCH EXAMINATIONS AND
   47  TESTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COLONOSCOPIES, COLOSCOPIES, SCREEN-
   48  ING FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTS, FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPIES OR BARIUM ENEMAS.
   49    S 4. The superintendent of financial services shall require an  insur-
   50  er,  health  carrier or health benefit plan to notify enrollees annually
   51  of colorectal cancer screenings covered by such enrollees' health  bene-
   52  fit  plan  and  the  most  recently published guidelines of the American
   53  College of Gastroenterology or the American Gastroenterological  Associ-
   54  ation  in  consultation  with the American Cancer Society for colorectal
   55  cancer screenings or notify enrollees at intervals consistent  with  the
   56  most  recently published guidelines of the American College of Gastroen-
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    1  terology or the American Gastroenterological Association in consultation
    2  with the American Cancer Society of colorectal cancer  screenings  which
    3  are  covered  by such enrollees' health benefit plans.  The notice shall
    4  be  delivered by mail unless the enrollee and health carrier have agreed
    5  on another method  of  notification.  The  superintendent  of  financial
    6  services is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations for
    7  the purposes of providing such notification.
    8    S  5.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
    9  policy issued, delivered, renewed,  and/or  modified  on  or  after  the
   10  effective date of this act.
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