Assembly Bill A501

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires certain group health insurance policies to provide coverage for hearing aids

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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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2019-A501 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3221 & 4305, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10300
2017-2018: A2432
2021-2022: A3959
2023-2024: A1042

2019-A501 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires group health insurance policies offered in the large group market to provide coverage for hearing aids.

2019-A501 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    501
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, in relation to requiring certain
   group health insurance policies to provide coverage for hearing aids

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
 new subsection (t) to read as follows:
   (T) (1) EVERY GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY OFFERED IN THE LARGE GROUP
 MARKET THAT IS ISSUED, AMENDED, OR RENEWED IN THIS STATE  SHALL  PROVIDE
 COVERAGE  FOR  MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEARING AIDS PURCHASED FROM A HEARING
 AID DISPENSER REGISTERED UNDER ARTICLE  THIRTY-SEVEN-A  OF  THE  GENERAL
 BUSINESS  LAW  OR  AN  AUDIOLOGIST  LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
 FIFTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
   (A) FOR AN INSURED PERSON SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, SUCH  INSURED
 PERSON  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  UP TO THREE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS EVERY THIRTY-SIX MONTHS FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO THE PURCHASE  OF
 UP TO TWO HEARING AIDS.
   (B)  FOR AN INSURED PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, SUCH
 INSURED PERSON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT OF UP TO TWO  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS EVERY TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF
 UP TO TWO HEARING AIDS, WHEN IT IS MEDICALLY DEMONSTRATED THAT:
   (I)  THE  HEARING  OF  THE INSURED PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN HAS
 CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN A TWO-YEAR PERIOD; AND
   (II) THE EXISTING HEARING AID WILL NO LONGER CORRECT  THE  HEARING  OF
 THE  INSURED PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN; SUCH PERSON SHALL BE ENTI-
 TLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL HEARING AID EXPENSES.
   (2)(A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, "HEARING AID"  SHALL  MEAN
 ANY  WEARABLE  INSTRUMENT  OR DEVICE DESIGNED FOR HEARING AND ANY PARTS,
 ATTACHMENTS OR ACCESSORIES BUT EXCLUDING BATTERIES AND CORDS OR ACCESSO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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