Assembly Bill A9941

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for diabetes screening for people of Asian American or Pacific Islander descent if they have a body mass index of 23 or greater

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A9941 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9372
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

2023-A9941 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for diabetes screening for people of Asian American or Pacific Islander descent if they have a body mass index of 23 or greater.

2023-A9941 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9941
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- 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 provide coverage for  diabetes  screening
   for  people of Asian American or Pacific Island descent if they have a
   body mass index of 23 or greater

   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 15-b to read as follows:
   (15-B) (A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL COVERAGE THAT  INCLUDES
 COVERAGE FOR PHYSICIAN SERVICES IN A PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE AND EVERY POLICY
 WHICH  PROVIDES  MAJOR  MEDICAL  OR  SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE
 SHALL INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR SCREENING FOR DIABETES  AND  PREDIABETES  FOR
 PERSONS  OF  ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER DESCENT WHOSE BODY MASS
 INDEX IS 23 KG/M2 OR GREATER.
   (B) A POLICY SUBJECT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT IMPOSE A  DEDUCTIBLE,
 CO-INSURANCE,  CO-PAYMENT, OR ANY OTHER COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT ON SUCH
 COVERAGE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 7-a to read as follows:
   (7-A) (A) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE  POLICY
 ISSUED  OR  ISSUED  FOR  DELIVERY  IN  THIS STATE WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL
 COVERAGE THAT INCLUDES COVERAGE FOR PHYSICIAN SERVICES IN A  PHYSICIAN'S
 OFFICE  AND EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMILAR COMPRE-
 HENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR SCREENING FOR  DIABETES
 AND  PREDIABETES  FOR  PERSONS  OF  ASIAN  AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
 DESCENT WHOSE BODY MASS INDEX IS 23 KG/M2 OR GREATER.
   (B) A GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY SUBJECT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  NOT
 IMPOSE A DEDUCTIBLE, CO-INSURANCE, CO-PAYMENT, OR ANY OTHER COST-SHARING
 REQUIREMENT ON SUCH COVERAGE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   §  3.  Subsection (u-1) of section 4303 of the insurance law is renum-
 bered subsection (u-2) and a new subsection (u-1) is added  to  read  as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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