Bill Text: NY S09189 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to providing insurance coverage for medical marihuana.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-11-02 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09189 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S09189-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9189 IN SENATE November 2, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SAVINO, BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social services law, in relation to health coverage for medical marihuana The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3368 of the public health law, as added by chapter 2 90 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 3368. Relation to other laws. 1. (a) The provisions of this article 4 shall apply to this title, except that where a provision of this title 5 conflicts with another provision of this article, this title shall 6 apply. 7 (b) Medical marihuana shall not be deemed to be a "drug" for purposes 8 of article one hundred thirty-seven of the education law. However, 9 regardless of federal financial participation, medical marihuana, when 10 dispensed under this title, shall be deemed to be (i) a "prescription 11 drug" for purposes of coverage under medical assistance under title 12 eleven of article five of the social services law (provided that the 13 dispensing site is certified under subdivision ten of section three 14 hundred sixty-five-a of the social services law), title one-A of article 15 twenty-five of this chapter, the insurance law, and the workers' compen- 16 sation law; (ii) a "covered drug" for purposes of coverage under title 17 three of article two of the elder law; and (iii) a "health care service" 18 under section three hundred sixty-nine-gg of the social services law 19 (unless the commissioner finds that this will result in the loss of 20 federal financial participation in the program under that section). 21 2. Nothing in this title shall be construed to require or prohibit an 22 insurer or health plan under this chapter or the insurance law to 23 provide coverage for medical marihuana, except that is shall be covered, 24 as provided in subdivision one of this section, by any insurer or health 25 plan under title eleven of article five of the social services law, 26 title one-A of article twenty-five of this chapter, the workers' compen- 27 sation law, title three of article two of the elder law, and section 28 three hundred sixty-nine-gg of the social services law. [Nothing in thisEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16589-01-8S. 9189 2 1title shall be construed to require coverage for medical marihuana under2article twenty-five of this chapter or article five of the social3services law.] 4 § 2. Section 365-a of the social services law is amended by adding a 5 new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 6 10. The commissioner may certify a dispensing site authorized under 7 title five-A of the public health law as a medical assistance provider, 8 solely for the purpose of dispensing medical marihuana. 9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 10 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that, effective 11 immediately, the commissioner of health and superintendent of financial 12 services shall make regulations and take other actions reasonably neces- 13 sary to implement this act on that date; and provided further that the 14 amendments to section 3368 of the public health law made by section one 15 of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall expire 16 and be deemed repealed therewith.