Bill Text: NY S04189 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for opioid-addiction treatment medications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S04189 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04189-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4189
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 13, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 coverage  for  opioid-
         addiction treatment medications
         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 30 to read as follows:
    3    (30)  EVERY POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE THAT
    4  PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE  COVERAGE
    5  AND  PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR
    6  OPIOID-ADDICTION TREATMENT MEDICATIONS. SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT  TO
    7  CO-PAYS, COINSURANCE, OR DEDUCTIBLES, PROVIDED THAT THE CO-PAYS, COINSU-
    8  RANCE,  OR  DEDUCTIBLES  ARE  AT LEAST AS FAVORABLE TO AN INSURED AS THE
    9  CO-PAYS, COINSURANCE, OR DEDUCTIBLES THAT APPLY TO  COVERAGE  FOR  OTHER
   10  PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
   11    S 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
   12  adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
   13    (19)  EVERY POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE THAT
   14  PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE  COVERAGE
   15  AND  PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR
   16  OPIOID-ADDICTION TREATMENT MEDICATIONS. SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT  TO
   17  CO-PAYS, COINSURANCE, OR DEDUCTIBLES, PROVIDED THAT THE CO-PAYS, COINSU-
   18  RANCE,  OR  DEDUCTIBLES  ARE  AT LEAST AS FAVORABLE TO AN INSURED AS THE
   19  CO-PAYS, COINSURANCE, OR DEDUCTIBLES THAT APPLY TO  COVERAGE  FOR  OTHER
   20  PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
   21    S  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
   22  subsection (jj) to read as follows:
   23    (JJ) EVERY POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE  THAT
   24  PROVIDES  MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE
   25  AND PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE  FOR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08930-01-3
       S. 4189                             2
    1  OPIOID-ADDICTION  TREATMENT MEDICATIONS. SUCH COVERAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO
    2  CO-PAYS, COINSURANCE, OR DEDUCTIBLES, PROVIDED THAT THE CO-PAYS, COINSU-
    3  RANCE, OR DEDUCTIBLES ARE AT LEAST AS FAVORABLE TO  AN  INSURED  AS  THE
    4  CO-PAYS,  COINSURANCE,  OR  DEDUCTIBLES THAT APPLY TO COVERAGE FOR OTHER
    5  PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
    6    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    7  policy issued, delivered, modified, amended, or renewed on or after such
    8  effective date.