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                                 972--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2019
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting co-pay-
  ments for treatment at an opioid treatment program

  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 31-b to read as follows:
  (31-B) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT AT AN  OPIOID
TREATMENT PROGRAM SHALL NOT IMPOSE A CO-PAYMENT FEE DURING THE COURSE OF
TREATMENT  ON  ANY  INSURED FOR SUCH TREATMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION "OPIOID TREATMENT  PROGRAM"  MEANS  A  PROGRAM  OR  PRACTITIONER
ENGAGED IN OPIOID TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AN OPIOID AGONIST TREAT-
MENT MEDICATION.
  § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 7-c to read as follows:
  (7-C)  EVERY  POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT AT AN OPIOID
TREATMENT PROGRAM SHALL NOT IMPOSE A CO-PAYMENT FEE DURING THE COURSE OF
TREATMENT ON ANY INSURED FOR SUCH TREATMENT.  FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION  "OPIOID  TREATMENT  PROGRAM"  MEANS  A  PROGRAM OR PRACTITIONER
ENGAGED IN OPIOID TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AN OPIOID AGONIST TREAT-
MENT MEDICATION.
  § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subsection (l-3) to read as follows:
  (L-3)  EVERY  POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT AT AN OPIOID
TREATMENT PROGRAM SHALL NOT IMPOSE A CO-PAYMENT FEE DURING THE COURSE OF
TREATMENT ON ANY INSURED FOR SUCH TREATMENT.  FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION  "OPIOID  TREATMENT  PROGRAM"  MEANS  A  PROGRAM OR PRACTITIONER
ENGAGED IN OPIOID TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AN OPIOID AGONIST TREAT-
MENT MEDICATION.

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

                                                           LBD04805-02-9

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  § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on
and after such date.