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Assembly Bill A6927

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to directing the study and report on providing coverage for lyme disease treatment

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2017-A6927 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §213, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A2968

2017-A6927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to directing the New York state health care quality and cost containment commission to study and report upon the impact of requiring that certain health insurance plans provide coverage for treatment of Lyme disease.

2017-A6927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6927
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to directing the New York
   state health care quality and cost containment commission to study and
   report  upon  the  impact  of  requiring that certain health insurance
   plans provide coverage for treatment of lyme disease
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 213 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 subsection (e) to read as follows:
   (E)  THE  COMMISSION SHALL CAUSE A STUDY TO BE PERFORMED ON THE IMPACT
 OF REQUIRING CERTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE  PLANS  TO  PROVIDE  COVERAGE  FOR
 TREATMENT OF LYME DISEASE. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
 IMPACT  OF  SUCH A REQUIREMENT ON COSTS TO PROVIDERS, THE COST OF INSUR-
 ANCE PREMIUMS, AND THE FISCAL IMPACT TO THE STATE. THE COMMISSION  SHALL
 SUBMIT  A REPORT OF THE FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION OF SUCH
 STUDY, ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  TO  THE
 GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND  ASSEMBLY  INSURANCE  COMMITTEES,
 AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10729-01-7

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