Bill Text: NY A01266 | 2013-2014 | 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 15-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to insurance [A01266 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01266-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1266
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, GIBSON, JAFFEE, ROBINSON, PERRY, BARRON,
         CASTRO,  TITUS  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. BOYLAND, HIKIND,
         MAISEL, 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.
                                                                  LBD02368-01-3
       A. 1266                             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.