S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1965--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance  --  recommitted
   to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for  prenatal
   vitamins
 
   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 10-a to read as follows:
   (10-A)(A)  EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMI-
 LAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE AND PROVIDES COVERAGE  FOR  PRESCRIPTION
 DRUGS  SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PRENATAL VITAMINS WHEN PRESCRIBED BY A
 HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OR AUTHORIZED UNDER  TITLE
 EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF
 PRACTICE.
   (B) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE
 AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSISTENT
 WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY.
   § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 5-a to read as follows:
   (5-A)(A) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
 COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE AND PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
 SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PRENATAL VITAMINS WHEN PRESCRIBED BY A HEALTH
 CARE  PRACTITIONER  LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OR AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE EIGHT
 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRAC-
 TICE.
   (B) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO  ANNUAL  DEDUCTIBLES  AND  COINSU-
 RANCE,  AS  MAY  BE  DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 CONSISTENT WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR  OTHER  BENEFITS  WITHIN  A  GIVEN
 POLICY.
   §  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
   (C-1)(1) ANY CONTRACT ISSUED BY A  MEDICAL  EXPENSE  INDEMNITY  CORPO-
 RATION,  A HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATION OR A HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION
 THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR
 PRENATAL  VITAMINS  WHEN  PRESCRIBED  BY  A  HEALTH  CARE   PRACTITIONER
 LICENSED,  CERTIFIED,  OR  AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION
 LAW, AND ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   (2) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE
 AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE CONSISTENT
 WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN CONTRACT.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
 policies issued, reissued, renewed, modified or amended on or after such
 date.