Bill Text: NY S01708 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for providing prosthetic devices.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-13 - PRINT NUMBER 1708C [S01708 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01708-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1708--C 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BONACIC, AVELLA, BRESLIN, GOLDEN, HANNON, LATIMER, MARTINS, PANEPINTO, RITCHIE, ROBACH, VENDITTO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 mandatory health insurance coverage for providing prosthetic devices 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 33 to read as follows: 3 (33) Every policy which provides medical, major medical, or similar 4 comprehensive type coverage shall provide coverage for prosthetic 5 devices, including repairs and replacements, that are intended for 6 medically necessary rehabilitative and habilitative purposes as required 7 by 42 U.S.C. §18022. As such, prosthetic device coverage shall be 8 subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance as deemed appropriate by 9 the superintendent in amounts no greater than other essential health 10 benefits covered by the policy. The term "prosthetic device" as used in 11 this paragraph includes an artificial limb and all of the components and 12 related services that comprise prosthetic care but shall not include 13 shoes or any other article considered as ordinary wearing apparel, 14 whether or not specially constructed. 15 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 16 adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows: 17 (19) Every policy which provides medical, major medical, or similar 18 comprehensive type coverage shall provide coverage for prosthetic EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00990-08-6
