Assembly Bill A9211

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires insurance companies to provide at least ninety days of rehabilitation services to an insured upon a doctor's prescription

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9211 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6478
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A492, S2099
2019-2020: A1163
2021-2022: A3654
2023-2024: A5436
2025-2026: A2037

2015-A9211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance companies to provide at least ninety days of rehabilitation services to an insured upon a doctor's prescription.

2015-A9211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9211

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage for
  substance abuse disorder services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph 30 of subsection  (i)  of  section  3216  of  the
insurance law, as added by chapter 41 of the laws of 2014, is amended by
adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
  (D)  A  POLICY  PROVIDING  COVERAGE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL INCLUDE
COVERAGE  FOR  AT  LEAST  NINETY  DAYS  AT  A  REHABILITATION  FACILITY;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT ANY STAY IN A REHABILITATION FACILITY REQUIRED
TO BE COVERED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL REQUIRE THE  PRESCRIPTION
OF A DOCTOR.
  S  2.  Paragraph  6 of subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
  (D) A POLICY PROVIDING COVERAGE UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  INCLUDE
COVERAGE  FOR  AT  LEAST  NINETY  DAYS  AT  A  REHABILITATION  FACILITY;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY STAY IN A REHABILITATION  FACILITY  REQUIRED
TO  BE COVERED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL REQUIRE THE PRESCRIPTION
OF A DOCTOR.
  S 3. Subsection (k) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
  (4) A POLICY PROVIDING COVERAGE UNDER THIS  SUBSECTION  SHALL  INCLUDE
COVERAGE  FOR  AT  LEAST  NINETY  DAYS  AT  A  REHABILITATION  FACILITY;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY STAY IN A REHABILITATION  FACILITY  REQUIRED
TO BE COVERED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL REQUIRE THE PRESCRIPTION
OF A DOCTOR.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall apply to  any  policy  issued,  amended,  or
renewed on and after such effective date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13539-03-6

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