Bill Text: NY S03475 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting co-payments for outpatient opioid treatment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S03475 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03475-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3475
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- 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  prohibiting  co-pay-
          ments for outpatient opioid treatment
          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 31-b to read as follows:
     3    (31-b)  Every  policy  that  provides  coverage  for outpatient opioid
     4  treatment shall not impose a co-payment fee  on  any  insured  for  such
     5  treatment.
     6    § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
     7  adding a new paragraph 7-c to read as follows:
     8    (7-c) Every policy that provides coverage for outpatient opioid treat-
     9  ment  shall  not  impose a co-payment fee on any insured for such treat-
    10  ment.
    11    § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    12  subsection (l-3) to read as follows:
    13    (l-3) Every policy that provides coverage for outpatient opioid treat-
    14  ment  shall  not  impose a co-payment fee on any insured for such treat-
    15  ment.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    17  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
    18  policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on
    19  and after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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