| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2016 |
print number 2574a |
| Jan 19, 2016 |
amend and recommit to insurance |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to insurance |
| Jan 26, 2015 |
referred to insurance |
Senate Bill S2574A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2015-S2574 - Details
2015-S2574 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2574
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:
To ensure that coverage for rehabilitative and habilitative services,
including prosthetic devices, are available to military veterans
residing in NYS.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would require that health insurers that provide medical,
major, medical, or similar comprehensive type coverage and cover
durable medical equipment include coverage for prosthetic devices for
veterans of the armed forces who are residents of New York on parity
with the coverage for durable medical, equipment.
JUSTIFICATION:
Two recent wars involving the United States, Iraq and Afghanistan has
left over 600 military men and women as amputees with life-long
injuries. Each year 185,000 amputations occur in the US and there are
nearly 2 million people living with limb loss in the US. Improving
access to quality and updated prosthetic devices will improve the
quality of life of veterans and other amputees, while helping to
reduce other medical costs related to lack of mobility and associated
physical and emotional health.
2015-S2574 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2574
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 mandatory health
insurance coverage for prosthetic devices
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 32 to read as follows:
(32) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE TYPE COVERAGE AND PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR DURABLE MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PROSTHETIC DEVICES THAT ARE
INTENDED FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY REHABILITATIVE AND HABILITATIVE
PURPOSES AS REQUIRED BY 42 U.S.C. S 18022 THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE
COVERAGE PROVIDED FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. COVERAGE SHALL NOT BE
DENIED IF THE POLICY HOLDER'S PHYSICIAN DETERMINES THE PROSTHETIC DEVICE
IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE MODEL THAT ADEQUATELY MEETS THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF
THE POLICY HOLDER. THE TERM "PROSTHETIC DEVICE" AS USED IN THIS PARA-
GRAPH INCLUDES AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE SHOES OR ANY
OTHER ARTICLE CONSIDERED AS ORDINARY WEARING APPAREL, WHETHER OR NOT
SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED. THE TERM "POLICY HOLDER" AS USED IN THIS PARA-
GRAPH SHALL MEAN A VETERAN OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO RESIDES IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK AND WHOSE MEDICAL NEED FOR SUCH PROSTHETIC DEVICE RESULTED
FROM AN INJURY SUFFERED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED
FORCES.
S 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
(19) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE TYPE COVERAGE AND PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR DURABLE MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PROSTHETIC DEVICES THAT ARE
INTENDED FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY REHABILITATIVE AND HABILITATIVE
PURPOSES AS REQUIRED BY 42 U.S.C. S 18022 THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2015-S2574A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2574A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2574A
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to
mandatory health insurance coverage for prosthetic devices
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL :
To ensure that coverage for rehabilitative and habilitative services,
including prosthetic devices, are available to military veterans
residing in NYS.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
This bill would require that health insurers that provide medical,
major, medical, or similar comprehensive type coverage and cover
durable medical equipment include coverage for prosthetic devices for
veterans of the armed forces who are residents of New York on parity
with the coverage for durable medical, equipment.
JUSTIFICATION :
Two recent wars involving the United States, Iraq and Afghanistan has
left over 600 military men and women as amputees with life-long
injuries. Each year 185,000 amputations occur in the US and there are
nearly 2 million people living with limb loss in the US. Improving
access to quality and updated prosthetic devices will improve the
2015-S2574A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2574--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- recommitted
to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to mandatory health
insurance coverage for prosthetic devices
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 33 to read as follows:
(33) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE TYPE COVERAGE AND PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR DURABLE MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PROSTHETIC DEVICES THAT ARE
INTENDED FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY REHABILITATIVE AND HABILITATIVE
PURPOSES AS REQUIRED BY 42 U.S.C. S 18022 THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE
COVERAGE PROVIDED FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. COVERAGE SHALL NOT BE
DENIED IF THE POLICY HOLDER'S PHYSICIAN DETERMINES THE PROSTHETIC DEVICE
IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE MODEL THAT ADEQUATELY MEETS THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF
THE POLICY HOLDER. THE TERM "PROSTHETIC DEVICE" AS USED IN THIS PARA-
GRAPH INCLUDES AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE SHOES OR ANY
OTHER ARTICLE CONSIDERED AS ORDINARY WEARING APPAREL, WHETHER OR NOT
SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED. THE TERM "POLICY HOLDER" AS USED IN THIS PARA-
GRAPH SHALL MEAN A VETERAN OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO RESIDES IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK AND WHOSE MEDICAL NEED FOR SUCH PROSTHETIC DEVICE RESULTED
FROM AN INJURY SUFFERED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED
FORCES.
S 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
(19) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE TYPE COVERAGE AND PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR DURABLE MEDICAL
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06364-09-6
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