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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 05, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A552
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
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
co-Sponsors
Barbara Clark
Vito Lopez
Sandy Galef
Joan Millman
multi-Sponsors
Jonathan Bing
James F. Brennan
Kevin Cahill
Ronald Canestrari
2011-A552 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 552 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, CLARK, V. LOPEZ, GALEF, MILLMAN, CUSICK, CYMBROWITZ, McENENY, ZEBROWSKI, ORTIZ, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, BRENNAN, CAHILL, CANESTRARI, COLTON, COOK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, JACOBS, PHEFFER, RAIA, SCARBOROUGH, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing insurance coverage for colorectal cancer early detection THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 27 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 457 of the laws of 2010, is renum- bered paragraph 28 and a new paragraph 29 is added to read as follows: (29) (A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE TO ANY NAMED SUBSCRIBER OR OTHER PERSON COVERED THEREUNDER FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONDUCTING COLORECTAL CANCER EXAM- INATIONS AND LABORATORY TESTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS, INCLUDING EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONDUCTING PHYSICIAN CONSULTATIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER PRIOR TO SUCH EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS, FOR PERSONS FIFTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND FOR PERSONS OF ANY AGE WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE AT HIGH RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER. THE METHODS OF SCREENING FOR WHICH BENEFITS SHALL BE PROVIDED SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: (I) A SCREENING FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST; (II) FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY; (III) COLONOSCOPY; (IV) BARIUM ENEMA; OR (V) THE MOST RELIABLE, MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED SCREENING TEST AVAILABLE; AND (VI) ANY COMBINATION THEREOF. THE METHOD AND FREQUENCY OF SCREENING TO BE UTILIZED SHALL BE IN ACCORD WITH THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED GUIDELINES OF THE AMERICAN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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