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                              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.  PEOPLES-STOKES,  GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, TITONE,
         GLICK, LUPARDO, MAYERSOHN, PHEFFER -- read once and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Insurance
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the insurance law, in relation to coverage of annual
         chlamydia screenings
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
    2  new subsection (hh) to read as follows:
    3    (HH) A MEDICAL  EXPENSE  INDEMNITY  CORPORATION,  A  HOSPITAL  SERVICE
    4  CORPORATION  OR A HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR
    5  HOSPITAL, SURGICAL, OR MEDICAL CARE SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR AN ANNUAL
    6  CHLAMYDIA SCREENING FOR MEN AND WOMEN. SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE  SUBJECT  TO
    7  ANNUAL  DEDUCTIBLES  AND COINSURANCE AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE
    8  SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  OTHER
    9  BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04710-01-1