Bill Text: NY S00908 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that every policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or diagnostic X-rays shall provide coverage for Tay-Sachs testing; provides that in order to maintain the confidentiality of persons tested, receipt of acknowledgement from the testing facility shall be deemed sufficient evidence of testing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S00908 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S00908-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 908 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 21, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to reimbursement for Tay-Sachs testing 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 26 to read as follows: 3 (26) (A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR HOSPITAL, SURGICAL 4 OR MEDICAL CARE OR PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT FOR LABORATORY TESTS OR 5 REIMBURSEMENT FOR DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR 6 TAY-SACHS TESTING. 7 (B) SUCH COVERAGE SHALL BE INCLUDED AT THE INCEPTION OF ALL NEW POLI- 8 CIES AND, WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER POLICIES, AT ANY ANNIVERSARY DATE OF 9 THE POLICY SUBJECT TO EVIDENCE OF INSURABILITY. 10 (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDEN- 11 TIALITY OF PERSONS TESTED, RECEIPT OF AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE LABORA- 12 TORY PERFORMING THE TAY-SACHS TEST SHALL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE 13 OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH TESTING. 14 (D) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-INSU- 15 RANCE AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE 16 CONSISTENT WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN 17 POLICY. 18 S 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 19 adding a new paragraph 18 to read as follows: 20 (18) (A) A GROUP POLICY WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR HOSPITAL, SURGICAL 21 OR MEDICAL CARE OR PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT FOR LABORATORY TESTS OR 22 REIMBURSEMENT FOR DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR 23 TAY-SACHS TESTING. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06581-01-9 S. 908 2 1 (B) SUCH COVERAGE SHALL BE INCLUDED AT THE INCEPTION OF ALL NEW POLI- 2 CIES AND, WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER POLICIES, AT ANY ANNIVERSARY DATE OF 3 THE POLICY SUBJECT TO EVIDENCE OF INSURABILITY. 4 (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDEN- 5 TIALITY OF PERSONS TESTED, RECEIPT OF AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE LABORA- 6 TORY PERFORMING THE TAY-SACHS TEST SHALL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE 7 OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH TESTING. 8 (D) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-INSU- 9 RANCE AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE 10 CONSISTENT WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN 11 POLICY. 12 S 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 13 subsection (ff) to read as follows: 14 (FF) (1) A MEDICAL EXPENSE INDEMNITY CORPORATION, A HOSPITAL SERVICE 15 CORPORATION OR A HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR 16 HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL CARE OR PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT FOR LABORA- 17 TORY TESTS OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE 18 COVERAGE FOR TAY-SACHS TESTING. 19 (2) SUCH COVERAGE SHALL BE INCLUDED AT THE INCEPTION OF ALL NEW POLI- 20 CIES AND, WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER POLICIES, AT ANY ANNIVERSARY DATE OF 21 THE POLICY SUBJECT TO EVIDENCE OF INSURABILITY. 22 (3) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CONFI- 23 DENTIALITY OF PERSONS TESTED, RECEIPT OF AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE 24 LABORATORY PERFORMING THE TAY-SACHS TEST SHALL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT 25 EVIDENCE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH TESTING. 26 (4) SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-INSU- 27 RANCE AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS ARE 28 CONSISTENT WITH THOSE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN 29 POLICY. 30 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.