Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 08, 2015 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A1053
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CYMBROWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Sandy Galef
William Colton
multi-Sponsors
Earlene Hooper
2015-A1053 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A1053 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage insurance policies to cover the purchase of cranial prostheses worn for permanent or temporary hair loss resulting from accident, injury or disease, or the treatment of such conditions and prescribed by the treating physician or other licensed health care provider legally authorized to prescribe under title eight of the education law.
2015-A1053 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1053 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 8, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, GALEF, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring individual and group or blanket accident or health insurance policies and hospi- tal service corporations, health service corporations, and medical indemnity corporations, which provide hospital, surgical or medical coverage to include coverage for the purchase of cranial prostheses when prescribed as medically necessary THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 32 to read as follows: (32) (A) EVERY INDIVIDUAL POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMI- LAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR THE PURCHASE OF CRANIAL PROSTHESES WORN FOR PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY HAIR LOSS SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT, INJURY OR DISEASE, OR THE TREATMENT OF SUCH CONDITIONS, PROVIDED THAT THE TREATING PHYSICIAN OR OTHER LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW ISSUES A WRITTEN ORDER FOR SUCH PURCHASE TO SIGNIFY HIS OR HER OPINION THAT SUCH PURCHASE IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY TO PROMOTE THE PATIENT'S PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OR TO PROMOTE THE HEALING PROCESS. (B) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO SUCH ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COIN- SURANCE AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSIST- ENT WITH THOSE REQUIRED FOR OTHER BENEFITS UNDER THE POLICY. SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE LIMITED TO ONE CRANIAL PROSTHESIS PER COVERED PERSON FOR THE LIFETIME OF THE POLICY. S 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 20 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05029-02-5
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