Assembly Bill A9957

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "comprehensive contraception coverage act" to provide insurance coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and products

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A9957 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3221, 4303, & 3216, Ins L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L; amd §§6527, 6807, 6909 & 6951, add §6832, Ed L; amd §207, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A585

2017-A9957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "comprehensive contraception coverage act" to provide insurance coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and products.

2017-A9957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9957
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL, SEAWRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, JENNE,
   JAFFEE, SIMOTAS, GOTTFRIED, BARRON, BLAKE, BARRETT, MAGNARELLI,  BRON-
   SON,  LAVINE,  MAYER,  CARROLL, GALEF, OTIS, SEPULVEDA, HARRIS, SIMON,
   HYNDMAN, MORELLE,  RAMOS,  D'URSO,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PICHARDO,  ORTIZ,
   TAYLOR  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, BUCHWALD, COOK,
   HOOPER, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MOSLEY, ROZIC, THIELE, TITUS --  (at  request
   of  the  Department of Law) -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the social services law,  the  educa-
   tion  law  and  the public health law, in relation to requiring health
   insurance policies to include coverage of all FDA-approved  contracep-
   tive  drugs, devices, and products, as well as voluntary sterilization
   procedures, contraceptive education and counseling, and related follow
   up services and prohibiting a health insurance  policy  from  imposing
   any  cost-sharing  requirements  or  other restrictions or delays with
   respect to this coverage
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "comprehen-
 sive contraception coverage act".
   §  2.  Paragraph 16 of subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance
 law, as added by chapter 554 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (16)  (A)  Every  group or blanket policy [which provides coverage for
 prescription drugs shall include coverage for the cost of  contraceptive
 drugs or devices approved by the federal food and drug administration or
 generic equivalents approved as substitutes by such food and drug admin-
 istration  under  the  prescription  of  a  health care provider legally
 authorized to prescribe under title eight  of  the  education  law.  The
 coverage  required  by  this  section  shall be included in policies and
 certificates only through the addition of a rider.
   (A)] THAT IS ISSUED, AMENDED, RENEWED, EFFECTIVE OR  DELIVERED  ON  OR
 AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR
 ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES AND CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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