Bill Text: NY S06212 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners (mental health counsellors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists and psychoanalysts) licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-06 - tabled [S06212 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06212-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6212

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 23, 2019
                                       ___________

        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  health  insurance
          coverage of outpatient care provided by a mental health practitioner

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

     1    Section 1. Item (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 5 of  subsection
     2  (1)  of  section  3221 of the insurance law, as amended by section 13 of
     3  subpart A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended  to
     4  read as follows:
     5    (ii)  where  the  policy  provides coverage for physician services, it
     6  shall include benefits for outpatient care provided by a psychiatrist or
     7  psychologist licensed to practice in this  state,  or  a  mental  health
     8  counselor,  marriage  and  family  therapist, creative arts therapist or
     9  psychoanalyst licensed pursuant to article one  hundred  sixty-three  of
    10  the  education  law,  or a licensed clinical social worker who meets the
    11  requirements of subparagraph (D) of paragraph four of this subsection, a
    12  nurse practitioner licensed to practice in this state, or a professional
    13  corporation or university faculty practice corporation thereof.  Nothing
    14  herein shall be construed to modify or expand the scope of practice of a
    15  mental health counselor, marriage and family  therapist,  creative  arts
    16  therapist  or  psychoanalyst  licensed  pursuant  to article one hundred
    17  sixty-three of the education law.
    18    § 2. Paragraph 2 of subsection (g) of section 4303  of  the  insurance
    19  law, as added by section 22 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 57 of the
    20  laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    21    (2)  where the contract provides coverage for physician services bene-
    22  fits for outpatient care provided  by  a  psychiatrist  or  psychologist
    23  licensed  to  practice  in  this  state,  or  a mental health counselor,
    24  marriage and family therapist, creative arts therapist or  psychoanalyst
    25  licensed  pursuant  to  article one hundred sixty-three of the education

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11946-01-9
        S. 6212                             2

     1  law, or a licensed clinical social worker who meets the requirements  of
     2  subsection  (n)  of this section, a nurse practitioner licensed to prac-
     3  tice [on] in this  state,  or  professional  corporation  or  university
     4  faculty practice corporation thereof.  Nothing herein shall be construed
     5  to  modify or expand the scope of practice of a mental health counselor,
     6  marriage and family therapist, creative arts therapist or  psychoanalyst
     7  licensed  pursuant  to  article one hundred sixty-three of the education
     8  law.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    10  ing  the  date  upon which it shall have become a law and shall apply to
    11  policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on
    12  or after such effective date; provided, however, that:
    13    (a) if section 13 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of
    14  2019 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then section one
    15  of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
    16  such chapter of the laws of 2019 takes effect; and
    17    (b) if section 22 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of
    18  2019 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then section two
    19  of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
    20  such chapter of the laws of 2019 takes effect.