NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1709

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to insurance
Jan 10, 2017	referred to insurance

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2017-S1709 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Insurance
Law Section:: Insurance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1121, 3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

2017-S1709 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurers to cover three-dimensional mammograms under mammography services and extends exclusion from annual deductibles and coinsurance to such services.

2017-S1709 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1709
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, in relation to three-dimensional
   mammograms
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (t) of section 1121 of the insur-
 ance  law,  as  added  by chapter 639 of the laws of 1996, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (3) Mammography screening INCLUDING TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING.
   § 2. Subparagraphs (C) and (F) of paragraph 11 of  subsection  (i)  of
 section  3216 of the insurance law, subparagraph (C) as amended by chap-
 ter 219 of the laws of 2011 and subparagraph (F) as added by chapter  74
 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
   (C)  For  purposes  of  subparagraphs  (A)  and (B) of this paragraph,
 mammography screening means an X-ray examination  of  the  breast  using
 dedicated  equipment,  including X-ray tube, filter, compression device,
 screens, films and cassettes, with an average glandular  radiation  dose
 less than 0.5 rem per view per breast, OR TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING.
   (F)  Screening  and  diagnostic  imaging  for  the detection of breast
 cancer,  including  diagnostic  mammograms,  breast  ultrasounds,   [or]
 magnetic  resonance  imaging, OR TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING covered under the
 policy shall not be subject to annual deductibles or coinsurance.
   § 3. Subparagraphs (C) and (F) of paragraph 11 of  subsection  (l)  of
 section  3221 of the insurance law, subparagraph (C) as amended by chap-
 ter 219 of the laws of 2011 and subparagraph (F) as added by chapter  74
 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
   (C)  For  purposes  of  subparagraphs  (A)  and (B) of this paragraph,
 mammography screening means an X-ray examination  of  the  breast  using
 dedicated  equipment,  including X-ray tube, filter, compression device,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06871-01-7

 S. 1709                             2
 
 screens, films and cassettes, with an average glandular  radiation  dose
 less than 0.5 rem per view per breast, OR TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING.
   (F)  Screening  and  diagnostic  imaging  for  the detection of breast
 cancer,  including  diagnostic  mammograms,  breast  ultrasounds,   [or]
 magnetic  resonance  imaging, OR TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING covered under the
 policy shall not be subject to annual deductibles or coinsurance.
   § 4. Paragraphs 2 and 5 of subsection  (p)  of  section  4303  of  the
 insurance law, paragraph 2 as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011
 and  paragraph 5 as added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2016, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (2) For purposes of paragraph  one  of  this  subsection,  mammography
 screening  means  an  X-ray  examination  of  the breast using dedicated
 equipment, including X-ray tube, filter,  compression  device,  screens,
 films  and cassettes, with an average glandular radiation dose less than
 0.5 rem per view per breast, OR TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING.
   (5) Screening and diagnostic  imaging  for  the  detection  of  breast
 cancer,   including  diagnostic  mammograms,  breast  ultrasounds,  [or]
 magnetic resonance imaging, OR TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING covered  under  the
 contract shall not be subject to annual deductibles or coinsurance.
   §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to poli-
 cies and contracts issued, renewed, modified  or  amended  on  or  after
 January 1, 2018.

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