Bill Text: NY A01163 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires insurance companies to provide at least ninety days of rehabilitation services to an insured upon a doctor's prescription.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to insurance [A01163 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01163-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1163
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, BLANKENBUSH, BUCHWALD, DiPIETRO, GOODELL,
          HUNTER,  LUPARDO,  MAGNARELLI, RA, RAIA, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage for
          substance abuse disorder services
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  30  of  subsection  (i) of section 3216 of the
     2  insurance law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter  71  of  the
     3  laws  of  2016,  is  amended by adding a new subparagraph (E) to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (E) A policy providing coverage under  this  paragraph  shall  include
     6  coverage  for  at  least  ninety  days  at  a  rehabilitation  facility;
     7  provided, however, that any stay in a rehabilitation  facility  required
     8  to  be covered pursuant to this paragraph shall require the prescription
     9  of a doctor.
    10    § 2. Paragraph 6 of subsection (l) of section 3221  of  the  insurance
    11  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (E) to read as follows:
    12    (E)  A  policy  providing  coverage under this paragraph shall include
    13  coverage  for  at  least  ninety  days  at  a  rehabilitation  facility;
    14  provided,  however,  that any stay in a rehabilitation facility required
    15  to be covered pursuant to this paragraph shall require the  prescription
    16  of a doctor.
    17    § 3. Subsection (k) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
    18  adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
    19    (5)  A  policy  providing coverage under this subsection shall include
    20  coverage  for  at  least  ninety  days  at  a  rehabilitation  facility;
    21  provided,  however,  that any stay in a rehabilitation facility required
    22  to be covered pursuant to this subsection shall require the prescription
    23  of a doctor.
    24    § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    25  have  become  a  law  and  shall apply to any policy issued, amended, or
    26  renewed on and after such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00545-01-9