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Assembly Bill A4285A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes mental health parity in family health plus program

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2011-A4285 - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §369-ee, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A7888

2011-A4285 - Summary

Establishes mental health parity in the family health plus program.

2011-A4285 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4285

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, GOTTFRIED, CANESTRARI, CLARK, GUNTHER,
  DINOWITZ, WEISENBERG, PHEFFER, ENGLEBRIGHT, SCARBOROUGH, JACOBS, McEN-
  ENY,  COLTON, CAHILL, KAVANAGH, LUPARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. ABBATE, ARROYO, AUBRY, BENEDETTO, BOYLAND,  BRENNAN,  BROOK-KRASNY,
  CAMARA,  COOK,  CYMBROWITZ,  DESTITO,  DUPREY,  GALEF,  GLICK, HEVESI,
  HIKIND, HOOPER, HOYT, NOLAN, O'DONNELL, ORTIZ, PAULIN, PEOPLES-STOKES,
  PERRY,  RAMOS,  REILLY,  J. RIVERA,  N. RIVERA,  ROBINSON,  ROSENTHAL,
  SCHROEDER,  SPANO,  SWEENEY,  TITUS,  TOWNS, WEINSTEIN, WRIGHT -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social  services  law,  in
  relation  to establishing mental health parity in public health insur-
  ance plans

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 2510 of the public health law, as
amended by section 21 of part B of chapter 109 of the laws of  2010,  is
amended to read as follows:
  7.  "Covered  health care services" means: the services of physicians,
optometrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, midwives  and  other  related
professional  personnel  which  are  provided  on  an  outpatient basis,
including routine well-child visits; diagnosis and treatment of  illness
and injury; inpatient health care services; laboratory tests; diagnostic
x-rays;  prescription  and  non-prescription  drugs  and durable medical
equipment; radiation therapy; chemotherapy; hemodialysis; emergency room
services; hospice services; emergency,  preventive  and  routine  dental
care,  including  medically necessary orthodontia but excluding cosmetic
surgery;  emergency,  preventive  and  routine  vision  care,  including
eyeglasses;  speech  and hearing services; and, inpatient and outpatient
mental health, alcohol and substance abuse services as  defined  by  the
commissioner  in  consultation  with  the  superintendent, PROVIDED THAT
COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE  SERVICES  SHALL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00404-01-1

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2011-A4285A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §369-ee, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A7888

2011-A4285A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes mental health parity in the family health plus program.

2011-A4285A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4285--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, GOTTFRIED, CANESTRARI, CLARK, GUNTHER,
  DINOWITZ,   WEISENBERG,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  SCARBOROUGH,  JACOBS,  McENENY,
  COLTON, CAHILL, KAVANAGH, LUPARDO, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --
  M.   of   A.  ABBATE,  ARROYO,  AUBRY,  BENEDETTO,  BOYLAND,  BRENNAN,
  BROOK-KRASNY, CAMARA, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DUPREY, GALEF, GLICK,  HEVESI,
  HIKIND,  HOOPER,  NOLAN,  O'DONNELL,  ORTIZ,  PAULIN,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
  PERRY, RAMOS, REILLY, J. RIVERA, N. RIVERA, ROBINSON, ROSENTHAL, SWEE-
  NEY, TITUS, WEINSTEIN, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in  accordance
  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee
  on  Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
  mental health parity for the family health plus program

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (ix) of paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  1  of
section  369-ee of the social services law, as added by chapter 1 of the
laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  (ix) inpatient and outpatient mental health and alcohol and  substance
abuse  services,  as defined by the commissioner, PROVIDED THAT COVERAGE
FOR MENTAL  HEALTH,  ALCOHOL  AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES  SHALL  BE
PROVIDED  ON  THE  SAME  TERMS  AND CONDITIONS AS THE COVERAGE FOR OTHER
COVERED HEALTH CARE SERVICES;
  S 2. The commissioner of health is authorized to submit amendments  to
the  state  plan  for medical assistance and submit one or more applica-
tions for waivers of the federal social security act as may be necessary
to obtain the federal approvals necessary to implement this chapter.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00404-03-2

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