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Jan 18, 2018 | referred to insurance |
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9082 I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting co-pay- ments for treatment at an opioid treatment program 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 31-b to read as follows: (31-B) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT AT AN OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM SHALL NOT IMPOSE A CO-PAYMENT FEE ON ANY INSURED FOR SUCH TREATMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM" MEANS A PROGRAM OR PRACTITIONER ENGAGED IN OPIOID TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AN OPIOID AGONIST TREATMENT MEDICATION. § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 7-c to read as follows: (7-C) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT AT AN OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM SHALL NOT IMPOSE A CO-PAYMENT FEE ON ANY INSURED FOR SUCH TREATMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM" MEANS A PROGRAM OR PRACTITIONER ENGAGED IN OPIOID TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AN OPIOID AGONIST TREATMENT MEDICATION. § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (l-3) to read as follows: (L-3) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT AT AN OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM SHALL NOT IMPOSE A CO-PAYMENT FEE ON ANY INSURED FOR SUCH TREATMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM" MEANS A PROGRAM OR PRACTITIONER ENGAGED IN OPIOID TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AN OPIOID AGONIST TREATMENT MEDICATION. § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on and after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13902-01-7