Bill Text: NY S07878 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires private insurance plans which provide for reimbursement for psychiatric or psychological services or for diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions to include reimbursement for services provided by child advocacy centers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S07878 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07878-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7878

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, in relation to requiring certain
          private insurance plans to reimburse for services  provided  by  child
          advocacy centers

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insur-
     2  ance law, as amended by section 1 of subpart A of part BB of chapter  57
     3  of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (4)  (A)  If  a  policy  provides for reimbursement for psychiatric or
     5  psychological services or for diagnosis and treatment of  mental  health
     6  conditions  however defined in the policy, the insured shall be entitled
     7  to reimbursement for  such  services,  diagnosis  or  treatment  whether
     8  performed  by  a  physician,  psychiatrist,  a  certified and registered
     9  psychologist, or a nurse practitioner when  the  services  rendered  are
    10  within the lawful scope of their practice.
    11    (B)  (i)  Every  policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state
    12  which  provides  for  reimbursement  for  psychiatric  or  psychological
    13  services  or  for  diagnosis  and  treatment of mental health conditions
    14  shall also include reimbursement for services provided by child advocacy
    15  centers established pursuant to section four hundred  twenty-three-a  of
    16  the social services law.
    17    (ii)  Reimbursement  under this subparagraph may be limited to facili-
    18  ties in New York state that are licensed, certified or otherwise author-
    19  ized by the office of children and family services.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
    21  policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on
    22  or after such date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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