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Assembly Bill A5271

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires certain health insurance policies to cover costs for laser vision correction

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2009-A5271 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

2009-A5271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every policy which provides medical, major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage to include coverage for laser vision correction for a participant or beneficiary who has a vision disorder as a result of myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism.

2009-A5271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5271

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ESPAILLAT  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BENJAMIN, CLARK, HOOPER, PEOPLES, PERALTA,  TOWNS  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Insurance

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, in relation to requiring certain
  health insurance policies to cover costs for laser vision correction

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subsection  (i)  of  section 3216 of the insurance law is
amended by adding a new paragraph 26 to read as follows:
  (26) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL,  MAJOR  MEDICAL  OR  SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE  COVERAGE  SHALL  INCLUDE  COVERAGE  FOR LASER VISION
CORRECTION FOR A PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY WHO HAS A VISION DISORDER AS
A RESULT OF  MYOPIA  (NEARSIGHTEDNESS  OR  SHORTSIGHTEDNESS),  HYPEROPIA
(FARSIGHTEDNESS),  OR  ASTIGMATISM.  COVERAGE SHALL INCLUDE EXPENSES FOR
ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, TREATMENT, MANAGEMENT AND FOLLOW-UP CARE. COVER-
AGE SHALL NOT BE DENIED ON THE GROUND THAT IT IS FOR  COSMETIC  PURPOSES
OR IS NOT FOR A FUNCTIONAL DEFECT OR IMPAIRMENT.
  S 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 15 to read as follows:
  (15)  EVERY  POLICY  WHICH  PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL  INCLUDE  COVERAGE  FOR  LASER  VISION
CORRECTION FOR A PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY WHO HAS A VISION DISORDER AS
A  RESULT  OF  MYOPIA  (NEARSIGHTEDNESS  OR SHORTSIGHTEDNESS), HYPEROPIA
(FARSIGHTEDNESS), OR ASTIGMATISM. COVERAGE SHALL  INCLUDE  EXPENSES  FOR
ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, TREATMENT, MANAGEMENT AND FOLLOW-UP CARE. COVER-
AGE  SHALL  NOT BE DENIED ON THE GROUND THAT IT IS FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES
OR IS NOT FOR A FUNCTIONAL DEFECT OR IMPAIRMENT.
  S 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subsection (ff) to read as follows:
  (FF)  EVERY  POLICY  WHICH  PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL  INCLUDE  COVERAGE  FOR  LASER  VISION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08396-01-9

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