Bill Text: NY S00688 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-01 - SUBSTITUTED BY A807 [S00688 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00688-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           688

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN,  RAMOS, RIVERA -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Insur-
          ance

        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 36 to read as follows:
     3    (36) 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.
                                                                   LBD05706-01-1