STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7478--A
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 6, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on  Insurance  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage of
          in vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Item (iii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph 6 of subsection
     2  (k)  of  section  3221  of the insurance law, as amended by section 1 of
     3  part L of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (iii) [Except as provided in items (vi) and  (vii)  of  this  subpara-
     5  graph, coverage] Coverage shall not be required to include the diagnosis
     6  and  treatment of infertility in connection with: (I) [in vitro fertili-
     7  zation, gamete intrafallopian tube transfers  or  zygote  intrafallopian
     8  tube  transfers;  (II)] the reversal of elective sterilizations; [(III)]
     9  (II) sex change procedures; [(IV)] (III) cloning; or [(V)] (IV)  medical
    10  or surgical services or procedures that are deemed to be experimental in
    11  accordance  with  clinical  guidelines  referenced  in item (iv) of this
    12  subparagraph.
    13    § 2. Subparagraph (C) of paragraph 3 of subsection (s) of section 4303
    14  of the insurance law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 57 of
    15  the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    16    (C) [Except as provided in subparagraphs (F) and  (G)  of  this  para-
    17  graph, coverage] Coverage shall not be required to include the diagnosis
    18  and  treatment of infertility in connection with: (i) [in vitro fertili-
    19  zation, gamete intrafallopian tube transfers  or  zygote  intrafallopian
    20  tube  transfers;  (ii)] the reversal of elective sterilizations; [(iii)]
    21  (ii) sex change procedures; [(iv)] (iii) cloning; or [(v)] (iv)  medical
    22  or surgical services or procedures that are deemed to be experimental in
    23  accordance  with  clinical  guidelines referenced in subparagraph (D) of
    24  this paragraph.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    26  manner as part L of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, takes effect.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11378-04-9