Bill Text: NY A02269 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2269 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for annual chlamydia screenings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - enacting clause stricken [A02269 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02269-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2269
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PEOPLES-STOKES,  GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, TITONE,
          GLICK, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  coverage  of  annual
          chlamydia screenings
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subsection (rr) to read as follows:
     3    (rr)  A  medical  expense  indemnity  corporation,  a hospital service
     4  corporation or a health service corporation which provides coverage  for
     5  hospital, surgical, or medical care shall provide coverage for an annual
     6  chlamydia  screening  for men and women. Such coverage may be subject to
     7  annual deductibles and coinsurance as may be deemed appropriate  by  the
     8  superintendent  and  as  are consistent with those established for other
     9  benefits within a given policy.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03209-01-7