Bill Text: NY S06403 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S06403 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06403-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6403 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Item (iii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph 6 of subsection 2 (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by section 1 of 3 part L of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4 (iii) [Except as provided in items (vi) and (vii) of this subpara-5graph, coverage] Coverage shall not be required to include the diagnosis 6 and treatment of infertility in connection with: (I) [in vitro fertili-7zation, gamete intrafallopian tube transfers or zygote intrafallopian8tube transfers; (II)] the reversal of elective sterilizations; [(III)] 9 (II) sex change procedures; [(IV)] (III) cloning; or [(V)] (IV) medical 10 or surgical services or procedures that are deemed to be experimental in 11 accordance with clinical guidelines referenced in item (iv) of this 12 subparagraph. 13 § 2. Subparagraph (C) of paragraph 3 of subsection (s) of section 4303 14 of the insurance law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 57 of 15 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 16 (C) [Except as provided in subparagraphs (F) and (G) of this para-17graph, coverage] Coverage shall not be required to include the diagnosis 18 and treatment of infertility in connection with: (i) [in vitro fertili-19zation, gamete intrafallopian tube transfers or zygote intrafallopian20tube transfers; (ii)] the reversal of elective sterilizations; [(iii)] 21 (ii) sex change procedures; [(iv)] (iii) cloning; or [(v)] (iv) medical 22 or surgical services or procedures that are deemed to be experimental in 23 accordance with clinical guidelines referenced in subparagraph (D) of 24 this paragraph. 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 26 manner as part L of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11378-05-9