NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2000

Senate Bill S2000

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee

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Jan 14, 2025	referred to insurance

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2025-S2000 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1195
Current Committee:: Senate Insurance
Law Section:: Insurance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8553, A10429

2025-S2000 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that health insurance policies shall provide coverage for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer; provides that no patient cost sharing shall be imposed for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer.

2025-S2000 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2000

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in
relation to mandatory health insurance coverage for follow-up screening
or diagnostic services for lung cancer

 
PURPOSE:

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers among New Yorkers. In New
York it is the leading cause of cancer deaths. Each year over 6,700 men
and over 7,200 women are diagnosed with lung cancer and about 3,800 men
and over 3,600 women die from this disease. In New York State, lung
cancer death rates among men and women have been declining since 1995,
but the decline among women has been slower. It is hard to detect lung
cancer early without a screening test. This is because symptoms usually
do not show until the cancer has reached later stages, when it is more
difficult to treat. This bill will provide comprehensive-type coverage
for lung cancer screenings and increase access to these life savings
screenings. Access to cancer screening, follow-up testing, and treatment
should not depend on a patient's ability to pay.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: paragraph.Amends section 3216 of the insurance law by adding
a new

Section 2: paragraph.Amends section 3221 of the insurance law by adding
a new

Section 3:Amends section 4303 of the insurance law by adding a new
subsection(vv)

Section 4: would set the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2024, an estimated 14,200 New Yorkers were diagnosed with lung cancer
including 6,600 men and over 7,600 women and about 6,100 died from the
disease including about 3,100 men and over 3,000 women.  Screeningfor
lung cancer with annual low-dose CT scansamong those at high risk can
reduce the lung cancer death rate by up to 20% by detecting the disease
at early stages when it is more likely to be curable. For screening to
be most effective in reducing the overall lung cancer mortality rate,
more of the high-risk population should be screened - currently screen-
ing rates are very low among those at high risk. This may be because of
a lack of access or low awareness and knowledge among patients and
providers. Rates vary tremendously between states and more can be done
to increase screening rates. In New York, 19.3% of those at high risk
for lung cancer were screened, which was not significantly different
than the national rate of 16.0%.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-24: S.8553C - Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2027 and shall apply to all
policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on
or after such date.

2025-S2000 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2000
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO, CLEARE, COONEY, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance  law  and the social services law, in
   relation to mandatory health insurance coverage for follow-up  screen-
   ing or diagnostic services for lung cancer
 
   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 40 to read as follows:
   (40)  (A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMI-
 LAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE  FOR  FOLLOW-UP
 SCREENING  OR  DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR LUNG CANCER WHEN RECOMMENDED BY A
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ACTING WITHIN  THE  PROVIDER'S  SCOPE  OF  PRACTICE
 PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY POLICY THAT
 PROVIDES COVERAGE REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL  NOT  IMPOSE  PATIENT
 COST  SHARING  FOR  FOLLOW-UP  SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR LUNG
 CANCER.
   § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows:
   (23) (A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR  SIMI-
 LAR  COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE  COVERAGE  SHALL  PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR FOLLOW-UP
 SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR LUNG CANCER WHEN RECOMMENDED  BY  A
 HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER  ACTING  WITHIN  THE PROVIDER'S SCOPE OF PRACTICE
 PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY  POLICY  THAT
 PROVIDES  COVERAGE  REQUIRED  BY THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT IMPOSE PATIENT
 COST SHARING FOR FOLLOW-UP SCREENING OR  DIAGNOSTIC  SERVICES  FOR  LUNG
 CANCER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02876-01-5
 S. 2000                             2

 
   §  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 subsection (ww) to read as follows:
   (WW)  (1) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMI-
 LAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE  FOR  FOLLOW-UP
 SCREENING  OR  DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR LUNG CANCER WHEN RECOMMENDED BY A
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ACTING WITHIN  THE  PROVIDER'S  SCOPE  OF  PRACTICE
 PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   (2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY POLICY THAT
 PROVIDES COVERAGE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBSECTION SHALL NOT  IMPOSE  PATIENT
 COST  SHARING  FOR  FOLLOW-UP  SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR LUNG
 CANCER.
   § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of  the  social  services  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (nn) to read as follows:
    (NN)  (I)  FOLLOW-UP SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR LUNG CANCER
 WHEN RECOMMENDED BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ACTING WITHIN THE  PROVIDER'S
 SCOPE OF PRACTICE PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   (II)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, COVERAGE REQUIRED BY
 THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT  IMPOSE  PATIENT  COST  SHARING  FOR  FOLLOW-UP
 SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR LUNG CANCER.
   § 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027 and shall apply to all
 policies  and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on
 or after such date.

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Sponsored By

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee

co-Sponsors

Cordell Cleare

Jeremy Cooney

Julia Salazar

James Skoufis

2025-S2000 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S2000 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S2000 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2000 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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