Senate Bill S8549

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for diagnosis and treatment of fibroids

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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-S8549 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9054
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S1194, A2058

2021-S8549 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for procedures relating to the diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and related conditions, including pain, discomfort and infertility resulting therefrom.

2021-S8549 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8549
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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  health
   insurers to provide coverage for diagnosis and treatment of fibroids
 
   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)  EVERY  INSURER ISSUING A POLICY OF ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE
 FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE SHALL PROVIDE  COVERAGE  FOR  ALL  COSTS  FOR
 DIAGNOSIS  AND  TREATMENT OF UTERINE FIBROIDS, ALSO CALLED LEIOMYOMAS OR
 MYOMAS, AND RELATED CONDITIONS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  PAIN,
 DISCOMFORT  AND  INFERTILITY  RESULTING  THEREFROM.   SUCH DIAGNOSIS AND
 TREATMENT MAY INCLUDE PELVIC EXAM, ULTRASOUND, LAB TESTS, MAGNETIC RESO-
 NANCE IMAGING,  HYSTEROSONOGRAPHY,  HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY,  HYSTEROSCOPY
 MEDICATION, NONINVASIVE PROCEDURES, UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION, RADIOF-
 REQUENCY  ABLATION,  LAPAROSCOPIC  OR  ROBOTIC MYOMECTOMY, HYSTEROSCOPIC
 MYOMECTOMY, ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION, ABDOMINAL MYOMECTOMY, HYSTERECTOMY  OR
 ANY  OTHER  TREATMENT,  OR  ANY COMBINATION OF TREATMENTS, PROVIDED SUCH
 TREATMENT IS RECOMMENDED BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LICENSED TO  PRACTICE
 IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 22 to read as follows:
   (22) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN
 THIS  STATE  WHICH PROVIDES HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL COVERAGE SHALL
 PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR ALL COSTS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND  TREATMENT  OF  UTERINE
 FIBROIDS,  ALSO  CALLED  LEIOMYOMAS  OR  MYOMAS, AND RELATED CONDITIONS,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PAIN, DISCOMFORT AND INFERTILITY  RESULTING
 THEREFROM.  SUCH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT MAY INCLUDE PELVIC EXAM, ULTRA-
 SOUND, LAB TESTS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, HYSTEROSONOGRAPHY, HYSTER-
 OSALPINGOGRAPHY,  HYSTEROSCOPY   MEDICATION,   NONINVASIVE   PROCEDURES,
 UTERINE  ARTERY  EMBOLIZATION,  RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION, LAPAROSCOPIC OR
 ROBOTIC  MYOMECTOMY,  HYSTEROSCOPIC  MYOMECTOMY,  ENDOMETRIAL  ABLATION,
 ABDOMINAL MYOMECTOMY, HYSTERECTOMY OR ANY OTHER TREATMENT, OR ANY COMBI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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