Assembly Bill A4111

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for health insurance coverage for loss or damage to prosthetic limb

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2021-A4111 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1263
2011-2012: A1235
2013-2014: A1476
2015-2016: A4675
2017-2018: A3826
2019-2020: A4812

2021-A4111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for health insurance coverage for loss or damage to a prosthetic limb; also provides for coverage for replacement of a prosthetic limb as prescribed by a doctor.

2021-A4111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4111
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, M. MILLER, SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M.  of A.   COOK, J. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to  health  insurance
   coverage of prosthetic limbs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (l) of section 3221  of  the  insurance  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
   (21) EVERY INSURER DELIVERING A GROUP POLICY OR ISSUING A GROUP POLICY
 FOR  DELIVERY  IN  THIS STATE SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE TO A SUBSCRIBER (A)
 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A PROSTHETIC LIMB AFTER AMPUTATION IF SAID  PROS-
 THETIC  LIMB  IS  DAMAGED  OR  STOLEN;  AND (B) PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE
 REPLACEMENT OF A PROSTHETIC LIMB TO A DEPENDENT CHILD  OF  A  SUBSCRIBER
 THROUGH  THE  ATTAINMENT  OF  NINETEEN  YEARS  OF  AGE  AS OFTEN AS SAID
 REPLACEMENT IS REQUIRED OR PRESCRIBED BY THE  DEPENDENT  CHILD'S  PHYSI-
 CIAN.
   § 2. Subsection (j) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
   (5)  A  HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION OR MEDICAL EXPENSE INDEMNITY CORPO-
 RATION WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR  SIMILAR  COMPREHENSIVE-
 TYPE COVERAGE MUST PROVIDE COVERAGE TO A SUBSCRIBER (A) FOR THE REPLACE-
 MENT  OF  A  PROSTHETIC LIMB AFTER AMPUTATION IF SAID PROSTHETIC LIMB IS
 DAMAGED OR STOLEN; AND (B) PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR  THE  REPLACEMENT  OF  A
 PROSTHETIC LIMB FOR A DEPENDENT CHILD OF A SUBSCRIBER THROUGH ATTAINMENT
 OF  NINETEEN  YEARS  OF  AGE AS OFTEN AS SAID REPLACEMENT IS REQUIRED OR
 PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPENDENT CHILD'S PHYSICIAN.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05966-01-1

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