Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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Senate Bill S7253
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 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
2019-S7253 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
2019-S7253 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7253 SPONSOR: CARLUCCI TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring the coverage of mental health well care visits PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL: To require the coverage of mental health well care visits. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends the insurance law as it relates to requiring individual medical/major medical/comprehensive-type insurance policies to cover annual mental health well car visits. Section two of the bill amends the insurance law as it relates to requiring group or blanket medical/major medical/comprehensive-type insurance policies to cover annual mental health well car visits.
2019-S7253 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7253 I N S E N A T E January 14, 2020 ___________ 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 requiring the coverage of mental health well care visits THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 29 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 273 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (29) Every individual policy which provides medical, major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage that includes coverage for a phys- ical, OR MENTAL HEALTH or well care visit once in every three hundred sixty-five days shall be interpreted to mean that such physical, MENTAL HEALTH or well care visit can be had once every calendar year, regard- less of whether or not a period of three hundred sixty-five days has passed since the previous physical, MENTAL HEALTH or well care visit. § 2. Paragraph 18 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 273 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (18) Every group or blanket policy which provides medical, major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage that includes coverage for a physical, MENTAL HEALTH or well care visit once in every three hundred sixty-five days shall be interpreted to mean that such physical, MENTAL HEALTH or well care visit can be had once every calendar year, regardless of whether or not a period of three hundred sixty-five days has passed since the previous physical, MENTAL HEALTH or well care visit. § 3. Subsection (ii) of section 4303 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 273 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (ii) Every contract issued by a corporation subject to the provisions of this article which provides medical, major medical or similar compre- hensive-type coverage that includes coverage for a physical, MENTAL HEALTH or well care visit once in every three hundred sixty-five days shall be interpreted to mean that such physical, MENTAL HEALTH or well EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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