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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A2465
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PRETLOW
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A2465 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A2465 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2465 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 16, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to reimbursement for nutrition and dietetic services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraphs (F), (G) and (H) of paragraph 4 of subsection (f) of section 4235 of the insurance law, subparagraph (F) as added and subparagraphs (G) and (H) as relettered by chapter 456 of the laws of 1993, are amended and a new subparagraph (I) is added to read as follows: (F) any speech-language pathology or audiology service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed speech-language patholo- gist or audiologist, a subscriber to such policy shall be entitled to reimbursement for such service whether the said service is performed by a physician or duly licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist, provided however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to impair any terms of such policy which may require said service to be performed pursuant to a medical order, or a similar or related service of a physician, in which case coverage need not be provided for any tests, evaluations or diagnoses if such tests, evaluations or diagnoses have already been provided by or through a physician within twelve months of the referral or order from the physician. However, nothing herein shall be construed as preventing an insurer from covering more than one test or evaluation provided by a speech-language pathologist or audiologist within a twelve-month period where such test or evaluation is ordered by a physician as medically necessary. Nor shall anything herein be construed as prohibiting the limitation of such services, where covered, to specified settings other than offices, such as hospi- tals or to services provided by such professionals as part of a home care agency's services; and when such policy or any certificate issued EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00940-01-9
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