S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1928
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring medical
insurance carriers to provide certain coverage for service animals
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 34 to read as follows:
(34) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE MUST PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE ACQUISITION,
TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND VETERINARY CARE OF A SERVICE ANIMAL, AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 242.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, WHEN SUCH
ANIMAL IS DEEMED MEDICALLY NECESSARY BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN.
§ 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 20 to read as follows:
(20) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE MUST PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE ACQUISITION,
TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND VETERINARY CARE OF A SERVICE ANIMAL, AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 242.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, WHEN SUCH
ANIMAL IS DEEMED MEDICALLY NECESSARY BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN.
§ 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
subsection (oo) to read as follows:
(OO) EVERY CONTRACT ISSUED BY A HOSPITAL SERVICES CORPORATION OR A
HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR
SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE MUST PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE ACQUI-
SITION, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND VETERINARY CARE OF A SERVICE ANIMAL,
AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 242.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, WHEN
SUCH ANIMAL IS DEEMED MEDICALLY NECESSARY BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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