Bill Text: NY S03250 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires policies providing prescription drug coverage to cover vitamins and supplements, medical foods, and other medications to mitigate and/or treat the symptoms of mitochondrial disease.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-15 - PRINT NUMBER 3250B [S03250 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03250-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3250--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 3, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sens. LITTLE, CARLUCCI, MARCHIONE, RITCHIE -- 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 -- 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 prescription
          drug coverage to include such supplements and vitamins, medical foods,
          and other medications as shall be deemed necessary to mitigate  and/or
          treat the symptoms of mitochondrial disease
          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)  (A)  Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs
     4  shall include coverage for the cost of such  supplements  and  vitamins,
     5  medical  foods such as coenzyme Q10, and other medications used to treat
     6  the symptoms associated with mitochondrial disease as a physician  shall
     7  deem  necessary  to  mitigate and/or treat the symptoms of mitochondrial
     8  disease diagnosed, through clinical assessment, muscle biopsy, biochemi-
     9  cal testing or genetic testing, in a covered person.
    10    (B) Such coverage may be subject to such annual deductibles and  coin-
    11  surance  as  may  be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are
    12  consistent with those established for other benefits within the policy.
    13    § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
    14  adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
    15    (21)(A) Every group or blanket  policy  which  provides  coverage  for
    16  prescription  drugs  shall include coverage for the cost of such supple-
    17  ments and vitamins, medical foods such as coenzyme Q10, and other  medi-
    18  cations used to treat the symptoms associated with mitochondrial disease
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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