Assembly Bill A1403

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for insurance coverage of comprehensive annual medical examinations for firefighters

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Current 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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2023-A1403 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9431
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9061
2021-2022: A8230, S3942

2023-A1403 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for insurance coverage of comprehensive annual medical examinations for firefighters due to their increased risk for cancer and cancer-related diseases.

2023-A1403 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1403
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER, STIRPE, JACKSON -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage of
   comprehensive annual medical examinations for firefighters
 
   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 39 to read as follows:
   (39)(A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
 COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE  FOR  COMPREHENSIVE
 ANNUAL  MEDICAL EXAMS FOR INSURED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIREFIGHTERS. SUCH
 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL MEDICAL EXAM COVERAGE SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I) A DETAILED SYMPTOM HEALTH HISTORY INCLUDING HEADACHES, SKIN  RASH-
 ES, INTESTINAL OR RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, WEAKNESS, AND COGNITIVE DYSFUNC-
 TION;
   (II)  AN  IN  PERSON  PHYSICAL  EXAM  INCLUDING  CARDIOVASCULAR, SKIN,
 THYROID, MOUTH, PULMONARY, INTESTINAL, URINARY, LYMPH  NODE,  NEUROLOGI-
 CAL, MUSCULOSKELETAL, BREAST AND TESTES, AS APPLICABLE, EXAMINATION;
   (III)  VITAL  SIGNS  AND  BODY  MEASURES TESTED AND RECORDED INCLUDING
 BLOOD PRESSURE, OXYGEN SATURATION, HEART AND RESPIRATORY  RATE,  WEIGHT,
 HEIGHT AND BODY FAT PERCENTAGE;
   (IV) LABORATORY ASSESSMENTS INCLUDING:
   A.  COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT WITH DIFFEREN-
 TIAL, LIPID PANEL, THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE, HIGH-SENSITIVITY C-REAC-
 TIVE PROTEIN, AND HEMOGLOBIN A1C BLOOD TESTS; AND
   B. URINALYSIS FOR PH, GLUCOSE, KETONES, PROTEIN, BLOOD AND  BILIRUBIN,
 AND MICROSCOPIC ASSESSMENT FOR WHITE BLOOD CELLS, RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE
 BLOOD CELL CASTS, RED BLOOD CELL CASTS, AND CRYSTALS;
   (V) SPIROMETRY;
   (VI)  CANCER SCREENING, INCLUDING, DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM FOR INDIVIDUALS
 WITH PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN, CERVICAL  EXAM  WITH  PAP  TEST,  BREAST
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05695-01-3
              

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