Assembly Bill A2058

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - Stricken

  • 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-A2058 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1194
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9054, S8549

2023-A2058 (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.

2023-A2058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2058
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred 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 39 to read as follows:
   (39) 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 23 to read as follows:
   (23) 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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02551-01-3

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