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Senate Bill S628
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S628 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S628 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts "Hannah's law"; requires that every health insurance policy or contract which provides medical, major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage or coverage for prescription drugs include coverage for the cost of enteral formulas for which a physician has issued a written order and which are medically necessary for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis and related eosinophilic disorders.
2009-S628 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S628 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring certain health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of enteral formulas for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis and related eosinophilic disorders PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To update and modify existing laws requiring the coverage of enteral formulas. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section one is the short title Hannah's Law. Sections two through four amend Insurance Law sections 3216(i) (21), 322100(11) and 4303(y), respectively, to specify that the existing requirements concerning coverage of enteral formulas under prescription drug plans is also applicable to policies providing medical, major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage, whether administered orally or via tube feeding, and applicable to eosinophilic esophagitis and related eosiniphilic disorders. It also removes the existing $2,500 annual cap applicable to these enteral formulas.
2009-S628 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 628 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- 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 health insurance policies to include coverage for the cost of enteral formulas for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis and related eosinophilic disorders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Hannah's law". S 2. Paragraph 21 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 177 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: (21) Every policy which provides MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE OR coverage for prescription drugs shall include coverage for the cost of enteral formulas for home use, WHETHER ADMINISTERED ORALLY OR VIA TUBE FEEDING, for which a physician or other licensed health care provider legally authorized to prescribe under title eight of the education law has issued a written order. Such writ- ten order shall state that the enteral formula is clearly medically necessary and has been proven effective as a disease-specific treatment regimen for those individuals who are or will become malnourished or suffer from disorders, which if left untreated, cause chronic physical disability, mental retardation or death. Specific diseases for which enteral formulas have been proven effective shall include, but are not limited to, inherited diseases of amino acid or organic acid metabolism; Crohn's Disease; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS AND RELATED EOSINOPHILIC DISORDERS; gastroesophageal reflux with failure to thrive; disorders of gastrointestinal motility such as chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction; and multiple, severe food allergies which if left untreated will cause malnourishment, chronic physical disability, mental retardation or death. Enteral formulas which are medically necessary and taken under EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05214-01-9
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