Assembly Actions -
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Apr 13, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S6941
2011-2012 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
2011-S6941 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S6941 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6941 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing insurance coverage for colorectal cancer early detection PURPOSE: This bill will require health insurance providers to cover the costs of colon screening by colonoscopy in men and women age 50 and older. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends paragraph 27 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 457 of the laws of 2010, renumbered paragraph 29 and will add a new paragraph 30 to read as follows: (24) every policy issued or delivered in this state shall provide coverage for colon cancer screening for persons fifty years of age or older. Such coverage shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of a colonosco- py or coloscopy. JUSTIFICATION: Colon cancer is the second leading cancer killer in America and is the primary cancer killer among nonsmokers. Without preventative action, one in every 17 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer. However, with colonoscopy screening, that risk is reduced to as low as one in 100 people, Studies have found that a colonoscopy can detect cancer in patients without symptoms that would be missed by other screening meth-
2011-S6941 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6941 I N S E N A T E April 13, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 providing insurance coverage for colorectal cancer early detection THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 27 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 457 of the laws of 2010, is renum- bered paragraph 29 and a new paragraph 30 is added to read as follows: (30) (A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE TO ANY NAMED SUBSCRIBER OR OTHER PERSON COVERED THEREUNDER FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONDUCTING COLORECTAL CANCER EXAM- INATIONS AND LABORATORY TESTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS, INCLUDING EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONDUCTING PHYSICIAN CONSULTATIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER PRIOR TO SUCH EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS, FOR PERSONS FIFTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND FOR PERSONS OF ANY AGE WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE AT HIGH RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER. THE METHODS OF SCREENING FOR WHICH BENEFITS SHALL BE PROVIDED SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: (I) A SCREENING FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST; (II) FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY; (III) COLONOSCOPY; (IV) BARIUM ENEMA; OR (V) THE MOST RELIABLE, MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED SCREENING TEST AVAILABLE; AND (VI) ANY COMBINATION THEREOF. THE METHOD AND FREQUENCY OF SCREENING TO BE UTILIZED SHALL BE IN ACCORD WITH THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED GUIDELINES OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY OR THE AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCI- ATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. (B) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "HIGH RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON HAS, (I) A FAMILY HISTORY OF FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; HEREDITARY NON-POLYPOSIS COLON CANCER; OR BREAST, OVARIAN, ENDOMETRIAL OR COLON CANCER OR POLYPS; (II) CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; OR (III) A BACKGROUND, ETHNICITY OR LIFESTYLE THAT THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES PUTS THE PERSON AT ELEVATED RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER.
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