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Senate Bill S1905

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires insurers of cervical cancer detection to provide human papilloma virus vaccine to females ages 9 to 26

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2009-S1905 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง3221 & 4303, Ins L

2009-S1905 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurers of cervical cancer detection to provide human papilloma virus vaccine to females ages 9 to 26; includes providers of blanket accident and health insurance policies and contracts issued by hospital service corporation and health service corporation.

2009-S1905 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1905 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1905

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to blanket  accident  and
  health  insurance  policies and contracts issued by a hospital service
  corporation or health service  corporations  in  connection  with  the
  detection of cervical cancer

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 14 of subsection  (l)  of  section  3221  of  the
insurance  law  is  amended  by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as
follows:
  (D) IN ADDITION TO THE AFORESAID COVERAGE SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH,
COVERAGE SHALL BE INCLUDED TO COVER THE PROVISION OF THE HUMAN PAPILLOMA
VIRUS VACCINE FOR FEMALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF NINE AND TWENTY-SIX.
  S 2. Subsection (t) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
  (3)  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  AFORESAID  COVERAGE  SET  FORTH  IN   THIS
SUBSECTION,  COVERAGE  SHALL BE INCLUDED TO COVER THE PROVISION OF HUMAN
PAPILLOMA VIRUS VACCINE FOR FEMALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF NINE  AND  TWEN-
TY-SIX.
  S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
blanket accident and health insurance policies and contracts issued by a
hospital  service  corporation  or  health service corporation issued or
written after such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05288-01-9

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