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Assembly Bill A291

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires health insurance policies to cover comprehensive genetic screening for breast, ovarian, prostate, colon and lung cancers

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2015-A291 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1807
2019-2020: A5727
2021-2022: A425
2023-2024: A738, A9075
2025-2026: A6475

2015-A291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health insurance policies to cover comprehensive genetic screening for breast, ovarian, prostate, colon and lung cancers.

2015-A291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   291

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC, AUBRY, ABINANTI, BORELLI, COOK, GRAF,
  JAFFEE, LAVINE, MILLER, O'DONNELL,  SCARBOROUGH,  SEPULVEDA,  SKOUFIS,
  COLTON,  CRESPO,  BRONSON, WEPRIN, OTIS, LUPINACCI, ROBINSON -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ARROYO,  BRENNAN,  CERETTO,  CLARK,  CROUCH,
  GUNTHER,  KEARNS,  McLAUGHLIN,  PERRY, RAIA, RIVERA, ROBERTS, SCHIMEL,
  SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  health
  insurance  policies  to  fully cover comprehensive genetic testing for
  breast, ovarian, prostate, colon and lung cancers in certain cases

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

  Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Ana Lucia
act".
  S 2. Paragraph 11 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of  the  insurance
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (F) to read as follows:
  (F) (I) SUCH POLICY SHALL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FULL COVERAGE FOR COMPRE-
HENSIVE  GENETIC  TESTING  FOR  BREAST  CANCER  ONLY IF RECOMMENDED BY A
BOARD-CERTIFIED GENETICIST OR A BOARD-CERTIFIED GENETIC COUNSELOR.
  (II) ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH ADDITIONAL FULL COVERAGE SHALL NOT
BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND  COINSURANCE  BUT  SHALL  BE  BORNE
SOLELY BY THE INSURER.
  S 3. Paragraph 11-a of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
  (C) (I) SUCH POLICY SHALL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FULL COVERAGE FOR COMPRE-
HENSIVE  GENETIC  TESTING  FOR PROSTATIC CANCER ONLY IF RECOMMENDED BY A
BOARD-CERTIFIED GENETICIST OR A BOARD-CERTIFIED GENETIC COUNSELOR.
  (II) ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH ADDITIONAL FULL COVERAGE SHALL NOT
BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND  COINSURANCE  BUT  SHALL  BE  BORNE
SOLELY BY THE INSURER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01732-02-5

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