Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to insurance |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A877
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JONES
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
Jo Anne Simon
Donna Lupardo
Steven Englebright
2021-A877 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 877 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES, GALEF, SIMON, LUPARDO, ENGLEBRIGHT, MAGNARELLI, RICHARDSON, MONTESANO, COLTON, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring certain health insurance policies to cover costs for pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome 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 36 to read as follows: (36)(A) EVERY HEALTH PLAN, AND HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER OFFERING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IN CONNECTION WITH A GROUP HEALTH PLAN, SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR A PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY WHO HAS PEDIATRIC ACUTE-ONSET NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYNDROME IF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OF THE PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY CERTIFIES IN WRITING THE MEDICAL NECESSITY OF THAT PROPOSED COURSE OF REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT. (B) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "PEDIATRIC ACUTE-ONSET NEUROP- SYCHIATRIC SYNDROME" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS USED IN PARAGRAPH (N) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 22 to read as follows: (22) (A) EVERY HEALTH PLAN, AND HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER OFFERING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IN CONNECTION WITH A GROUP HEALTH PLAN, SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR A PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY WHO HAS PEDIATRIC ACUTE-ONSET NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYNDROME IF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OF THE PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY CERTIFIES IN WRITING THE MEDICAL NECESSITY OF THAT PROPOSED COURSE OF REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT. (B) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "PEDIATRIC ACUTE-ONSET NEUROP- SYCHIATRIC SYNDROME" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS USED IN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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