Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to insurance |
Oct 25, 2017 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A8739
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TITONE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-A8739 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
2017-A8739 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8739 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y October 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring health insurance coverage for drug testing 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, OR COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE OF BLOOD TESTS, URINALYSIS, AND OTHER TESTS USED TO DETECT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE USE, INCLUDING THE USE OF PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. SUCH TESTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED MEDICALLY NECES- SARY WHEN REQUESTED OR PRESCRIBED BY AN AUTHORIZED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, INCLUDING ANY PHYSICIAN, NURSE, PROVIDER OF SERVICES FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, OR OTHER PERSON INVOLVED IN PROVIDING MEDICAL, NURSING, COUNSELING, OR OTHER HEALTH CARE OR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE. (B) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MAY BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-INSURANCE AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE IMPOSED ON OTHER BENEFITS WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY. § 2. Subsection (1) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 7-c to read as follows: (7-C)(A) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE, OR COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE OF BLOOD TESTS, URINALYSIS, AND OTHER TESTS USED TO DETECT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE USE, INCLUDING THE USE OF PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. SUCH TESTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED MEDICALLY NECES- SARY WHEN REQUESTED OR PRESCRIBED BY AN AUTHORIZED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, INCLUDING ANY PHYSICIAN, NURSE, PROVIDER OF SERVICES FOR THE MENTALLY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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