Bill Text: NY S07126 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires insurance coverage for lactation consultant services by professionally certified counselors who evaluate and manage lactation and infant feeding problems and provide preventative clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the occurrence of potential problems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-09 - PRINT NUMBER 7126A [S07126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07126-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7126--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 18, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance  --  recommitted
          to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  requiring  insurance
          coverage for lactation consultant services

          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 39 to read as follows:
     3    (39)  Every  policy  that  provides coverage for hospital, surgical or
     4  medical care shall provide outpatient coverage for lactation  consultant
     5  services.    Coverage  provided  under  this paragraph may be subject to
     6  annual deductibles and co-insurance as deemed appropriate by the  super-
     7  intendent  and  that are consistent with those imposed on other benefits
     8  within a given policy. For the purposes of  this  paragraph,  "lactation
     9  consultant"  shall  mean an individual who holds the international board
    10  certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) credential who is in good  stand-
    11  ing  with  the international board of lactation consultant examiners who
    12  evaluates and manages lactation and infant feeding problems and provides
    13  preventive clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the occurrence  of
    14  potential problems.
    15    § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
    16  adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows:
    17    (23) Every group or blanket policy delivered or issued for delivery in
    18  this state that provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care
    19  shall  provide  such coverage for lactation consultant services. For the
    20  purposes of this paragraph, "lactation consultant" shall mean  an  indi-
    21  vidual  who holds the international board certified lactation consultant
    22  (IBCLC) credential who is in good standing with the international  board

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07184-03-4
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     1  of  lactation  consultant  examiners who evaluates and manages lactation
     2  and infant feeding problems and provides preventive clinical  consulting
     3  to prevent or minimize the occurrence of potential problems.
     4    §  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
     5  subsection (vv) to read as follows:
     6    (vv) A medical  expense  indemnity  corporation,  a  hospital  service
     7  corporation  or  a health service corporation that provides coverage for
     8  hospital, surgical or medical  care  shall  provide  such  coverage  for
     9  lactation  consultant  services.  For  the  purposes of this subsection,
    10  "lactation consultant" shall mean an individual who holds  the  interna-
    11  tional board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) credential who is in
    12  good standing with the international board of lactation consultant exam-
    13  iners  who  evaluates  and manages lactation and infant feeding problems
    14  and provides preventive clinical consulting to prevent or  minimize  the
    15  occurrence of potential problems.
    16    §  4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
    18  insurance  policies,  contracts  and  plans  issued,  renewed, modified,
    19  altered or amended on or after such effective date.