Bill Text: NY A10821 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Lowers the cost sharing cap for insulin from one hundred dollars to thirty dollars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-15 - referred to insurance [A10821 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10821-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10821

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 15, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Niou) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance

        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to capping  cost  sharing
          for insulin

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 15-a  of  subsection  (i)  of
     2  section  3216  of the insurance law, as amended by section 1 of part DDD
     3  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (B) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance
     5  as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent
     6  with those  established  for  other  benefits  within  a  given  policy;
     7  provided  however, the total amount that a covered person is required to
     8  pay out of pocket for covered prescription insulin drugs shall be capped
     9  at an amount not to exceed [one hundred] thirty dollars  per  thirty-day
    10  supply,  regardless of the amount or type of insulin needed to fill such
    11  covered person's prescription and regardless of  the  insured's  deduct-
    12  ible, copayment, coinsurance or any other cost sharing requirement.
    13    § 2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 7 of subsection (k) of section 3221
    14  of  the insurance law, as amended by section 2 of part DDD of chapter 56
    15  of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
    16    (B) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance
    17  as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent
    18  with those  established  for  other  benefits  within  a  given  policy;
    19  provided  however, the total amount that a covered person is required to
    20  pay out of pocket for covered prescription insulin drugs shall be capped
    21  at an amount not to exceed [one hundred] thirty dollars  per  thirty-day
    22  supply,  regardless of the amount or type of insulin needed to fill such
    23  covered person's prescription and regardless of  the  insured's  deduct-
    24  ible, copayment, coinsurance or any other cost sharing requirement.
    25    §  3.  Paragraph  2 of subsection (u) of section 4303 of the insurance
    26  law, as amended by section 3 of part DDD of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of
    27  2020, is amended to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16178-01-0

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     1    (2) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance
     2  as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent
     3  with  those  established  for  other  benefits  within  a  given policy;
     4  provided however, the total amount that a covered person is required  to
     5  pay out of pocket for covered prescription insulin drugs shall be capped
     6  at  an  amount not to exceed [one hundred] thirty dollars per thirty-day
     7  supply, regardless of the amount or type of insulin needed to fill  such
     8  covered  person's  prescription  and regardless of the insured's deduct-
     9  ible, copayment, coinsurance or any other cost sharing requirement.
    10    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    11  policy or contract issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2021.
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