Senate Bill S4889

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for coverage for the treatment of asthma

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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-S4889 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9826
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L; amd §§3216 & 3221, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7336, A10086
2021-2022: S4934, A2451

2023-S4889 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for coverage for the treatment of asthma.

2023-S4889 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4889 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4889
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  BAILEY, MAY, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law and the insurance law, in
   relation to coverage for the treatment of asthma

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (r)  of  subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the
 social services law, as added by section 32 of part C of chapter  58  of
 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   (r) asthma self-management training services for persons OR PARENTS OF
 PERSONS  diagnosed  with  asthma  INCLUDING INFORMATION ON PROPER USE OF
 DEVICES SUCH AS SPACERS, VALVED HOLDING CHAMBERS AND MASKS, AND TRIGGERS
 IN THE ENVIRONMENT  WHICH  SHOULD  BE  AVOIDED  OR  MANAGED,  when  such
 services  are  ordered by a physician, registered physician's assistant,
 registered nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife  and  provided  by  a
 licensed,  registered,  or certified health care professional, as deter-
 mined by the commissioner of health,  who  is  certified  as  an  asthma
 educator  by  the  National  Asthma  Educator  Certification Board, or a
 successor national certification  board;  provided,  however,  that  the
 provisions  of this paragraph shall not take effect unless all necessary
 approvals under federal law and regulation have been obtained to receive
 federal financial participation in the costs  of  health  care  services
 provided pursuant to this paragraph.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be
 construed  to  modify  any licensure, certification or scope of practice
 provision under title eight of the education law.
   § 2. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02413-01-3
              

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