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                                    526
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  health  insurance
   coverage for diagnostic testing for ovarian cancer

   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 11-b to read as follows:
   (11-B) (A) EVERY POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE
 WHICH  PROVIDES  MEDICAL  COVERAGE  THAT INCLUDES COVERAGE FOR PHYSICIAN
 SERVICES IN A PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE AND EVERY POLICY WHICH  PROVIDES  MAJOR
 MEDICAL  OR  SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL PROVIDE, UPON THE
 PRESCRIPTION OF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LEGALLY AUTHORIZED  TO  PRESCRIBE
 UNDER  TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, COVERAGE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
 FOR OVARIAN CANCER, INCLUDING A PELVIC EXAMINATION, A SONOGRAM, A CA 125
 BLOOD TEST AND LABORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES PROVIDED IN CONNECTION
 WITH EXAMINING AND EVALUATING SUCH BLOOD TEST FOR WOMEN AGED  FORTY  AND
 OVER  WITH  ONE OR MORE FEMALE RELATIVES WITH A PRIOR HISTORY OF OVARIAN
 CANCER.
   (B) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE
 AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSISTENT
 WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY.
   § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 11-b to read as follows:
   (11-B) (A) EVERY INSURER WHICH DELIVERS OR ISSUES FOR DELIVERY IN THIS
 STATE A POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL COVERAGE  THAT  INCLUDES  COVERAGE
 FOR PHYSICIAN SERVICES IN A PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE OR MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMI-
 LAR  COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL PROVIDE, UPON THE PRESCRIPTION OF
 A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE UNDER TITLE EIGHT
 OF THE EDUCATION  LAW,  COVERAGE  FOR  DIAGNOSTIC  TESTING  FOR  OVARIAN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04751-01-9

 S. 526                              2
 
 CANCER,  INCLUDING A PELVIC EXAMINATION, A SONOGRAM, A CA 125 BLOOD TEST
 AND LABORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH EXAM-
 INING AND EVALUATING SUCH BLOOD TEST FOR WOMEN AGED FORTY AND OVER  WITH
 ONE OR MORE FEMALE RELATIVES WITH A PRIOR HISTORY OF OVARIAN CANCER.
   (B) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE
 AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSISTENT
 WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY.
   §  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 subsection (ss) to read as follows:
   (SS) (1) A HOSPITAL SERVICE  CORPORATION,  MEDICAL  EXPENSE  INDEMNITY
 CORPORATION  OR HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL COVER-
 AGE THAT INCLUDES COVERAGE  FOR  PHYSICIAN  SERVICES  IN  A  PHYSICIAN'S
 OFFICE  OR  MAJOR  MEDICAL  OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL
 PROVIDE, UPON THE PRESCRIPTION OF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LEGALLY AUTHOR-
 IZED TO PRESCRIBE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  COVERAGE  FOR
 DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR OVARIAN CANCER, INCLUDING A PELVIC EXAMINATION, A
 SONOGRAM,  A  CA  125  BLOOD TEST AND LABORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
 PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH EXAMINING AND EVALUATING SUCH BLOOD TEST FOR
 WOMEN AGED FORTY AND OVER WITH ONE OR MORE FEMALE RELATIVES WITH A PRIOR
 HISTORY OF OVARIAN CANCER.
   (2) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE
 AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSISTENT
 WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing  the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all
 policies issued, renewed, altered or modified on or after such effective
 date.