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                                   7741
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 21, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  requiring  insurance
   policies to provide coverage for transvaginal ultrasounds during preg-
   nancy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subsection  (i)  of  section  3216  of  the
 insurance  law  is  amended  by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as
 follows:
   (C) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS  PARAGRAPH  FOR  CARE  AND  TREATMENT
 DURING PREGNANCY SHALL INCLUDE PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS FOR NOT LESS THAN:
   (I) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND ONCE BETWEEN SIXTEEN THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR
 WEEKS; AND
   (II)  A  TRANSVAGINAL  ULTRASOUND EVERY TWO WEEKS FROM SIXTEEN THROUGH
 TWENTY-FOUR WEEKS FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY  OF  THE  FOLLOWING:
 (I)  A HISTORY OF EARLY DELIVERY BETWEEN THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-SEVEN WEEKS
 IN ANY PRIOR PREGNANCY;  (II)  A  HISTORY  OF  ANY  SURGICAL  PROCEDURE,
 INCLUDING  OFFICE  PROCEDURES,  PERFORMED ON THEIR CERVIX, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO LEEP AND CONE BIOPSY; (III) MULTIFETAL PREGNANCIES;  (IV)
 A  PREGNANT  INDIVIDUAL WITH A UTERINE UNIFICATION DEFECT, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO BICORNUATE, SEPTATE OR UNICORNUATE UTERUS, OR ANY CONGEN-
 ITAL STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF A KIDNEY; AND (V) A HISTORY OF PRIOR  DELIVERY
 OCCURRING AT OR NEAR TERM BY CESAREAN AFTER OBSTRUCTED LABOR.
   §  2.  Paragraph  5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
   (C) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS  PARAGRAPH  FOR  CARE  AND  TREATMENT
 DURING PREGNANCY SHALL INCLUDE PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS FOR NOT LESS THAN:
   (I) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND ONCE BETWEEN SIXTEEN THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR
 WEEKS; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (II)  A  TRANSVAGINAL  ULTRASOUND EVERY TWO WEEKS FROM SIXTEEN THROUGH
 TWENTY-FOUR WEEKS FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY  OF  THE  FOLLOWING:
 (I)  A HISTORY OF EARLY DELIVERY BETWEEN THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-SEVEN WEEKS
 IN ANY PRIOR PREGNANCY;  (II)  A  HISTORY  OF  ANY  SURGICAL  PROCEDURE,
 INCLUDING  OFFICE  PROCEDURES,  PERFORMED ON THEIR CERVIX, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO LEEP AND CONE BIOPSY; (III) MULTIFETAL PREGNANCIES;  (IV)
 A  PREGNANT  INDIVIDUAL WITH A UTERINE UNIFICATION DEFECT, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO BICORNUATE, SEPTATE OR UNICORNUATE UTERUS, OR ANY CONGEN-
 ITAL STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF A KIDNEY; AND (V) A HISTORY OF PRIOR  DELIVERY
 OCCURRING AT OR NEAR TERM BY CESAREAN AFTER OBSTRUCTED LABOR.
   §  3.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
   (D) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS  PARAGRAPH  FOR  CARE  AND  TREATMENT
 DURING PREGNANCY SHALL INCLUDE PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS FOR NOT LESS THAN:
   (I) A TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND ONCE BETWEEN SIXTEEN THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR
 WEEKS; AND
   (II)  A  TRANSVAGINAL  ULTRASOUND EVERY TWO WEEKS FROM SIXTEEN THROUGH
 TWENTY-FOUR WEEKS FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY  OF  THE  FOLLOWING:
 (I)  A HISTORY OF EARLY DELIVERY BETWEEN THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-SEVEN WEEKS
 IN ANY PRIOR PREGNANCY;  (II)  A  HISTORY  OF  ANY  SURGICAL  PROCEDURE,
 INCLUDING  OFFICE  PROCEDURES,  PERFORMED ON THEIR CERVIX, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO LEEP AND CONE BIOPSY; (III) MULTIFETAL PREGNANCIES;  (IV)
 A  PREGNANT  INDIVIDUAL WITH A UTERINE UNIFICATION DEFECT, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO BICORNUATE, SEPTATE OR UNICORNUATE UTERUS, OR ANY CONGEN-
 ITAL STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF A KIDNEY; AND (V) A HISTORY OF PRIOR  DELIVERY
 OCCURRING AT OR NEAR TERM BY CESAREAN AFTER OBSTRUCTED LABOR.
   §  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such date.