Senate Bill S3760

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to covering mental illness under the healthy New York program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee


  • 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-S3760 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6866
2011-2012: S1121
2013-2014: S2841
2015-2016: S2791
2017-2018: S2679
2021-2022: S3302
2023-2024: S4695

2019-S3760 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires coverage under the healthy New York program for mental illness.

2019-S3760 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3760
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  requiring  coverage
   under the Healthy New York program for mental illness
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 5 of
 subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chap-
 ter 502 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   Every insurer delivering a group or school blanket policy OR  A  GROUP
 OR  INDIVIDUAL  POLICY  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
 TWENTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER or issuing a group or school  blanket  policy
 OR  A GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL POLICY PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR THOUSAND THREE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER for delivery, in  this  state,  which
 provides  coverage for inpatient hospital care or coverage for physician
 services shall provide as part of such policy broad-based  coverage  for
 the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous or emotional disorders or
 ailments, however defined in such policy, at least equal to the coverage
 provided for other health conditions and:
   §  2. Item (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 5 of subsection (l) of
 section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 502 of the laws
 of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) Every insurer delivering a group or school  blanket  policy  OR  A
 GROUP  OR  INDIVIDUAL  POLICY  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION FOUR THOUSAND THREE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER or issuing a group or school  blanket
 policy OR A GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL POLICY PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR THOUSAND
 THREE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-SIX  OF THIS CHAPTER for delivery, in this state,
 which provides coverage for inpatient  hospital  care  or  coverage  for
 physician  services,  shall  provide  comparable coverage for adults and
 children with biologically based mental  illness.  Such  group  policies
 issued  or  delivered  in  this state shall also provide such comparable
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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