assembly Bill A6146

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the department of financial services to study and report upon insurance coverage for the treatment of Lyme disease

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    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 20, 2019 vetoed memo.269
delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.363
substituted for a6146
Jun 18, 2019 substituted by s4571
Jun 17, 2019 ordered to third reading rules cal.363
rules report cal.363
reported
Jun 04, 2019 reported referred to rules
May 21, 2019 reported referred to ways and means
Feb 28, 2019 referred to insurance

Votes

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Jun 11, 2019 - floor Vote

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floor
61
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Nay
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Absent
1
Excused
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Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2019

aye (61)
excused (1)

May 29, 2019 - Insurance committee Vote

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committee
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Nay
1
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0
Absent
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Committee Vote: May 29, 2019

aye (10)
aye wr (1)

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A6146 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4571
Law Section:
Insurance
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10677
2017-2018: A4863

A6146 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of financial services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to study and report upon insurance coverage for the treatment of Lyme disease.

A6146 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6146

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BARRETT, CAHILL, BUCHWALD, DiPIETRO, LUPARDO,
  OTIS, WOERNER, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Insurance

AN ACT directing the department of financial services,  in  consultation
  with the commissioner of the department of health, to study and report
  upon  the  adequacy  of  insurance  coverage for the treatment of Lyme
  disease and other tick-borne related diseases

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The legislature hereby finds that the increasing number of
Lyme disease and tick-borne related diseases in  New  York  state  high-
lights  the need to examine the current status of the adequacy of insur-
ance coverage related to this health epidemic. Lyme disease  is  one  of
several  tick-borne  diseases  which  result  in  extreme  and long term
fatigue, nausea, depression, joint pain and many other severe  symptoms.
Lyme  disease  is  the  most  common  vector-borne illness in the United
States, and New York is one of 14 states that account for 95%  of  cases
in  the  United  States.  According  to the New York state department of
health, over 20,000 cases of Lyme disease were diagnosed  between  years
2012 to 2014.  While sufferers of these tick-borne diseases require long
term  treatment, health insurance companies have denied services related
to necessary medical treatment.
  § 2. The superintendent of the department of  financial  services,  in
consultation  with  the  commissioner of the department of health, shall
review the adequacy of insurance coverage  for  the  treatment  of  Lyme
disease  and  other tick-borne related diseases and make recommendations
regarding any coverage limitations that may be found. Such review  shall
include but not be limited to:
  (a)  the present state of insurance coverage for the treatment of Lyme
disease and other tick-borne related diseases within New York state;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00470-01-9