Assembly Bill A3280

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires insurance policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during pregnancy

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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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2025-A3280 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3323
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7741, S7146
2023-2024: A6042, S5579

2025-A3280 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during pregnancy.

2025-A3280 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3280
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, STIRPE, COLTON, CRUZ, JACKSON,
   GIBBS,  LEVENBERG,  SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, HYNDMAN, SIMON, LUCAS, DAVILA,
   WEPRIN, ROZIC, MEEKS -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
   policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during preg-
   nancy
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  10  of  subsection  (i) of section 3216 of the
 insurance law is amended by adding a new subparagraph  (C)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (C)  COVERAGE  PROVIDED  UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH FOR CARE AND TREATMENT
 DURING PREGNANCY SHALL INCLUDE MEDICALLY NECESSARY  TRANSVAGINAL  ULTRA-
 SOUNDS  WHEN  RECOMMENDED  BY  NATIONALLY  RECOGNIZED  CLINICAL PRACTICE
 GUIDELINES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH,  "NATIONALLY  RECOG-
 NIZED  CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES" MEANS EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL PRAC-
 TICE GUIDELINES INFORMED BY A  SYSTEMATIC  REVIEW  OF  EVIDENCE  AND  AN
 ASSESSMENT  OF  THE  BENEFITS,  AND  RISKS  OF  ALTERNATIVE CARE OPTIONS
 INTENDED TO OPTIMIZE PATIENT CARE DEVELOPED BY INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS
 OR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES UTILIZING  A  TRANSPARENT  METHODOLOGY
 AND REPORTING STRUCTURE AND WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
   §  2.  Paragraph  5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
   (C) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS  PARAGRAPH  FOR  CARE  AND  TREATMENT
 DURING  PREGNANCY  SHALL INCLUDE MEDICALLY NECESSARY TRANSVAGINAL ULTRA-
 SOUNDS WHEN  RECOMMENDED  BY  NATIONALLY  RECOGNIZED  CLINICAL  PRACTICE
 GUIDELINES.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, "NATIONALLY RECOG-
 NIZED CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES" MEANS EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL  PRAC-
 TICE  GUIDELINES  INFORMED  BY  A  SYSTEMATIC  REVIEW OF EVIDENCE AND AN
 ASSESSMENT OF THE  BENEFITS,  AND  RISKS  OF  ALTERNATIVE  CARE  OPTIONS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07220-01-5

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