Bill Text: NY A04962 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 4962 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to requiring insurance coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-21 - REFERRED TO RULES [A04962 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04962-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         4962--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 6, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. O'DONNELL, BRONSON, DE LA ROSA, CRUZ, FERNANDEZ,
          D. ROSENTHAL, JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
          Insurance  --  recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance
          with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
          coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis to
          prevent HIV infection

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subsection  (i)  of  section 3216 of the insurance law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph 36 to read as follows:
     3    (36) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
     4  include coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the
     5  prevention  of  HIV  and  post-exposure  prophylaxis  to   prevent   HIV
     6  infection.
     7    § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
     8  adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
     9    (21) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
    10  include coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the
    11  prevention   of   HIV  and  post-exposure  prophylaxis  to  prevent  HIV
    12  infection.
    13    § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    14  subsection (ss) to read as follows:
    15    (ss)  Every  contract  issued  by a hospital services corporation or a
    16  health services corporation which  provides  coverage  for  prescription
    17  drugs  shall  include  coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis
    18  (PrEP) for the  prevention  of  HIV  and  post-exposure  prophylaxis  to
    19  prevent HIV infection.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03249-02-0