Bill Text: NY A06880 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that insurance policies which provide hospital, surgical or medical coverage shall provide coverage for hysterectomies; provides that such coverage shall include inpatient hospital coverage for a minimum period of seventy-two hours after surgery.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to insurance [A06880 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06880-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6880
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 25, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. COOK, AUBRY, WEPRIN, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, WRIGHT --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Insurance
        AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage of hysterec-
          tomies
          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 35 to read as follows:
     3    (35) (A) Every policy which provides  hospital,  surgical  or  medical
     4  coverage, or similar comprehensive type coverage, shall provide coverage
     5  for  all  cost for hysterectomies. Such coverage shall include inpatient
     6  hospital coverage for  a  minimum  period  of  seventy-two  hours  after
     7  surgery.
     8    (B) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance
     9  as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent
    10  with those established for other benefits within a given policy.
    11    (C)  Coverage  under  this  paragraph  shall not restrict or eliminate
    12  existing coverage provided by the policy and nothing in  this  paragraph
    13  shall  be construed to deny or restrict in any way any existing right or
    14  benefit provided under law or by contract.
    15    § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
    16  adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
    17    (21) (A) Every group or blanket policy delivered or issued for  deliv-
    18  ery in this state which provides hospital, surgical or medical coverage,
    19  or  similar  comprehensive type coverage, shall provide coverage for all
    20  cost for hysterectomies. Such coverage shall include inpatient  hospital
    21  coverage for a minimum period of seventy-two hours after surgery.
    22    (B) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance
    23  as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent
    24  with those established for other benefits within a given policy.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (C)  Coverage  under  this  paragraph  shall not restrict or eliminate
     2  existing coverage provided by the policy and nothing in  this  paragraph
     3  shall  be construed to deny or restrict in any way any existing right or
     4  benefit provided under law or by contract.
     5    §  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
     6  subsection (ss) to read as follows:
     7    (ss) 1. Every medical expense indemnity corporation, hospital  service
     8  corporation  and  health  service  corporation  which provides hospital,
     9  surgical or medical coverage, or similar  comprehensive  type  coverage,
    10  shall  provide  coverage  for all cost for hysterectomies. Such coverage
    11  shall include inpatient hospital coverage for a minimum period of seven-
    12  ty-two hours after surgery.
    13    2. Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and  coinsurance
    14  as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent
    15  with those established for other benefits within a given policy.
    16    3.  Coverage  under  this  subsection  shall not restrict or eliminate
    17  existing coverage provided by the policy and nothing in this  subsection
    18  shall  be construed to deny or restrict in any way any existing right or
    19  benefit provided under law or by contract.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    21  it shall have become a law and shall apply to all policies entered  into
    22  or renewed on and after such effective date.