Bill Text: NY A02869 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires insurance coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to insurance [A02869 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A02869-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2869 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance coverage for the cost of donated breast milk 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 39 to read as follows: 3 (39) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall 4 include coverage for the cost of donated breast milk. 5 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 6 adding a new paragraph 22 to read as follows: 7 (22) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall 8 include coverage for the cost of donated breast milk. 9 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 10 subsection (uu) to read as follows: 11 (uu) Every contract issued by a hospital services corporation or a 12 health services corporation which provides coverage for prescription 13 drugs shall include coverage for the cost of donated breast milk. 14 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03749-01-3
