Bill Text: NY S08549 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires health insurers to provide coverage for procedures relating to the diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and related conditions, including pain, discomfort and infertility resulting therefrom.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-06-02 - referred to insurance [S08549 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08549-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8549

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 11, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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  requiring  health
          insurers to provide coverage for diagnosis and treatment of fibroids

          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  insurer issuing a policy of accident and health insurance
     4  for delivery in this state shall provide  coverage  for  all  costs  for
     5  diagnosis  and  treatment of uterine fibroids, also called leiomyomas or
     6  myomas, and related conditions,  including  but  not  limited  to  pain,
     7  discomfort  and  infertility  resulting  therefrom.   Such diagnosis and
     8  treatment may include pelvic exam, ultrasound, lab tests, magnetic reso-
     9  nance imaging,  hysterosonography,  hysterosalpingography,  hysteroscopy
    10  medication, noninvasive procedures, uterine artery embolization, radiof-
    11  requency  ablation,  laparoscopic  or  robotic myomectomy, hysteroscopic
    12  myomectomy, endometrial ablation, abdominal myomectomy, hysterectomy  or
    13  any  other  treatment,  or  any combination of treatments, provided such
    14  treatment is recommended by a health care provider licensed to  practice
    15  in the state of New York.
    16    § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
    17  adding a new paragraph 22 to read as follows:
    18    (22) Every group or blanket policy delivered or issued for delivery in
    19  this  state  which provides hospital, surgical or medical coverage shall
    20  provide coverage for all costs for diagnosis and  treatment  of  uterine
    21  fibroids,  also  called  leiomyomas  or  myomas, and related conditions,
    22  including but not limited to pain, discomfort and infertility  resulting
    23  therefrom.  Such diagnosis and treatment may include pelvic exam, ultra-
    24  sound, lab tests, magnetic resonance imaging, hysterosonography, hyster-
    25  osalpingography,  hysteroscopy   medication,   noninvasive   procedures,
    26  uterine  artery  embolization,  radiofrequency ablation, laparoscopic or
    27  robotic  myomectomy,  hysteroscopic  myomectomy,  endometrial  ablation,
    28  abdominal myomectomy, hysterectomy or any other treatment, or any combi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 8549                             2

     1  nation of treatments, provided such treatment is recommended by a health
     2  care provider licensed to practice in the state of New York.
     3    §  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
     4  subsection (ss) to read as follows:
     5    (ss) Every medical expense  indemnity  corporation,  hospital  service
     6  corporation  and  health service corporation which provides coverage for
     7  medical, surgical or major medical care shall provide coverage  for  all
     8  costs  for  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  uterine fibroids, also called
     9  leiomyomas or myomas, and related conditions, including but not  limited
    10  to  pain, discomfort and infertility resulting therefrom. Such diagnosis
    11  and treatment may include pelvic exam, ultrasound, lab  tests,  magnetic
    12  resonance imaging, hysterosonography, hysterosalpingography, hysterosco-
    13  py  medication,  noninvasive  procedures,  uterine  artery embolization,
    14  radiofrequency ablation, laparoscopic or  robotic  myomectomy,  hystero-
    15  scopic myomectomy, endometrial ablation, abdominal myomectomy, hysterec-
    16  tomy  or any other treatment, or any combination of treatments, provided
    17  such treatment is recommended by a  health  care  provider  licensed  to
    18  practice in the state of New York.
    19    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.