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                                  6465--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MAGNARELLI, JONES, COOK, COLTON, SIMON, JAFFEE,
   BLAKE, DE LA ROSA, GJONAJ, ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED, BARRETT,  HARRIS,  JENNE,
   D'URSO  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HIKIND, MAGEE, NOLAN -- read
   once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Insurance  --   committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for children
   for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous
   or emotional disorders or ailments
 
   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) (A) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR  SIMILAR
 COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE  COVERAGE,  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN FOR
 SERVICES RELATED TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF  MENTAL,  NERVOUS  OR
 EMOTIONAL  DISORDERS  OR AILMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BIOLOGI-
 CALLY BASED MENTAL ILLNESSES AS DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF PARAGRAPH
 FIVE OF SUBSECTION (L) OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  CHILDREN  WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES AS
 DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (C) OF  PARAGRAPH  FIVE  OF  SUBSECTION  (L)  OF
 SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND  TWO  HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, IN A
 PSYCHIATRIC CENTER UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
 OR OTHER PSYCHIATRIC  IN-PATIENT  FACILITY  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT,  AND  A
 PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENT FACILITY MAINTAINED BY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF
 THE  STATE  FOR  THE  CARE  OR  TREATMENT  OF THE MENTALLY ILL. COVERAGE
 REQUIRED UNDER THIS  PARAGRAPH  MUST  BE  AT  LEAST  EQUAL  TO  COVERAGE
 PROVIDED IN SUCH POLICY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL, NERV-
 OUS OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OR AILMENTS WITH NO ADDITIONAL COST SHARING.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "CHILDREN" SHALL MEAN
 ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 A. 6465--A                          2
 
   § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 5-a to read as follows:
   (5-A) (A) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMILAR
 COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE  COVERAGE,  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN FOR
 SERVICES RELATED TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF  MENTAL,  NERVOUS  OR
 EMOTIONAL  DISORDERS  OR AILMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BIOLOGI-
 CALLY BASED MENTAL ILLNESSES AS DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF PARAGRAPH
 FIVE OF THIS SUBSECTION AND CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES
 AS DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (C) OF PARAGRAPH FIVE OF THIS SUBSECTION,  IN
 A  PSYCHIATRIC  CENTER  UNDER  THE  JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL
 HEALTH OR OTHER PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENT FACILITY IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND A
 PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENT FACILITY MAINTAINED BY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF
 THE STATE FOR THE CARE  OR  TREATMENT  OF  THE  MENTALLY  ILL.  COVERAGE
 REQUIRED  UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH  MUST  BE  AT  LEAST  EQUAL TO COVERAGE
 PROVIDED IN SUCH POLICY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL, NERV-
 OUS OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OR AILMENTS WITH NO ADDITIONAL COST SHARING.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "CHILDREN" SHALL MEAN
 ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS.
   § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
   (G-1) (1) EVERY CONTRACT THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMI-
 LAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE, SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN FOR
 SERVICES  RELATED  TO  THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL, NERVOUS OR
 EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OR AILMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  BIOLOGI-
 CALLY BASED MENTAL ILLNESSES AS DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF PARAGRAPH
 TWO  OF  SUBSECTION  (G)  OF  THIS  SECTION  AND  CHILDREN  WITH SERIOUS
 EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH THREE OF  SUBSECTION  (G)
 OF  THIS  SECTION, IN A PSYCHIATRIC CENTER UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
 OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH OR OTHER PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENT FACILITY IN  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  AND A PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENT FACILITY MAINTAINED BY A POLI-
 TICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE FOR THE CARE OR TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY
 ILL. COVERAGE REQUIRED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MUST BE AT  LEAST  EQUAL  TO
 COVERAGE  PROVIDED  IN  SUCH  POLICY  FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF
 MENTAL, NERVOUS OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OR AILMENTS  WITH  NO  ADDITIONAL
 COST SHARING.
   (2)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM "CHILDREN" SHALL
 MEAN ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
 policy  issued,  delivered,  renewed,  and/or  modified  on or after the
 effective date of this act.