Bill Text: NY A07741 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires insurance policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during pregnancy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to insurance [A07741 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A07741-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7741 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 21, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- 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: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the 2 insurance law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as 3 follows: 4 (C) Coverage provided under this paragraph for care and treatment 5 during pregnancy shall include provision for payments for not less than: 6 (i) a transvaginal ultrasound once between sixteen through twenty-four 7 weeks; and 8 (ii) a transvaginal ultrasound every two weeks from sixteen through 9 twenty-four weeks for pregnant individuals with any of the following: 10 (I) a history of early delivery between thirteen and thirty-seven weeks 11 in any prior pregnancy; (II) a history of any surgical procedure, 12 including office procedures, performed on their cervix, including but 13 not limited to LEEP and cone biopsy; (III) multifetal pregnancies; (IV) 14 a pregnant individual with a uterine unification defect, including but 15 not limited to bicornuate, septate or unicornuate uterus, or any congen- 16 ital structural defect of a kidney; and (V) a history of prior delivery 17 occurring at or near term by cesarean after obstructed labor. 18 § 2. Paragraph 5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance 19 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows: 20 (C) Coverage provided under this paragraph for care and treatment 21 during pregnancy shall include provision for payments for not less than: 22 (i) a transvaginal ultrasound once between sixteen through twenty-four 23 weeks; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11528-01-1A. 7741 2 1 (ii) a transvaginal ultrasound every two weeks from sixteen through 2 twenty-four weeks for pregnant individuals with any of the following: 3 (I) a history of early delivery between thirteen and thirty-seven weeks 4 in any prior pregnancy; (II) a history of any surgical procedure, 5 including office procedures, performed on their cervix, including but 6 not limited to LEEP and cone biopsy; (III) multifetal pregnancies; (IV) 7 a pregnant individual with a uterine unification defect, including but 8 not limited to bicornuate, septate or unicornuate uterus, or any congen- 9 ital structural defect of a kidney; and (V) a history of prior delivery 10 occurring at or near term by cesarean after obstructed labor. 11 § 3. Paragraph 1 of subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance 12 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows: 13 (D) Coverage provided under this paragraph for care and treatment 14 during pregnancy shall include provision for payments for not less than: 15 (i) a transvaginal ultrasound once between sixteen through twenty-four 16 weeks; and 17 (ii) a transvaginal ultrasound every two weeks from sixteen through 18 twenty-four weeks for pregnant individuals with any of the following: 19 (I) a history of early delivery between thirteen and thirty-seven weeks 20 in any prior pregnancy; (II) a history of any surgical procedure, 21 including office procedures, performed on their cervix, including but 22 not limited to LEEP and cone biopsy; (III) multifetal pregnancies; (IV) 23 a pregnant individual with a uterine unification defect, including but 24 not limited to bicornuate, septate or unicornuate uterus, or any congen- 25 ital structural defect of a kidney; and (V) a history of prior delivery 26 occurring at or near term by cesarean after obstructed labor. 27 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 28 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or 29 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 30 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 31 on or before such date.