Bill Text: NY A00405 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain health and casualty insurers to provide coverage for prenatal vitamins.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to insurance [A00405 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00405-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          405
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER,  GIBSON, JAFFEE, ROBINSON, PHEFFER,
         PERRY, BARRON, CASTRO,  BURLING,  CALHOUN,  TOBACCO,  MENG,  TITUS  --
         Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BING, BOYLAND, HIKIND, HOOPER, MAISEL,
         MAYERSOHN, M. MILLER, MILLMAN, TITONE, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for  prenatal
         vitamins
         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 10-a to read as follows:
    3    (10-A)(A)  EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
    4  SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PRENATAL VITAMINS WHEN PRESCRIBED OR  ORDERED
    5  BY  A  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDER LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE UNDER TITLE
    6  EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
    7    (B) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE
    8  AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSISTENT
    9  WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY.
   10    S 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
   11  adding a new paragraph 5-a to read as follows:
   12    (5-A)(A) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY  WHICH  PROVIDES  COVERAGE  FOR
   13  PRESCRIPTION  DRUGS  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE FOR PRENATAL VITAMINS WHEN
   14  PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER  LEGALLY  AUTHORIZED  TO
   15  PRESCRIBE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   16    (B)  SUCH  COVERAGE  MAY  BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSU-
   17  RANCE, AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE  SUPERINTENDENT  AND  AS  ARE
   18  CONSISTENT  WITH  THOSE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN
   19  POLICY.
   20    S 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   21  subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02329-01-1
       A. 405                              2
    1    (C-1)(1)  EVERY  CONTRACT  ISSUED  BY  A  CORPORATION  SUBJECT  TO THE
    2  PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE  WHICH  PROVIDES  COVERAGE  FOR  PRESCRIPTION
    3  DRUGS  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE FOR PRENATAL VITAMINS WHEN PRESCRIBED OR
    4  ORDERED BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE  UNDER
    5  TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
    6    (2) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE
    7  AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSISTENT
    8  WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN CONTRACT.
    9    S  4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   10  ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
   11  policies issued, reissued, renewed, modified or amended on or after such
   12  date.