Senate Bill S886

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners

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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-S886 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4756
2013-2014: S2708
2015-2016: S2065
2017-2018: S3952

2019-S886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners (mental health counsellors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists and psychoanalysts) licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law.

2019-S886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    886
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. YOUNG, ORTT -- 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  health  insurance
   coverage of outpatient care provided by a mental health practitioner
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Item (ii) of subparagraph (A) 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:
   (ii) where the policy provides coverage  for  physician  services,  it
 shall include benefits for outpatient care provided by a psychiatrist or
 psychologist  licensed  to  practice  in this state,  OR A MENTAL HEALTH
 COUNSELOR, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST,  CREATIVE  ARTS  THERAPIST  OR
 PSYCHOANALYST  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW, OR a licensed clinical social worker  who  meets  the
 requirements  of  subparagraph (D) of paragraph four of this subsection,
 or a professional corporation or university faculty practice corporation
 thereof. Such benefits may be limited to not less than twenty visits  in
 any contract year, plan year, or calendar year.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE
 CONSTRUED  TO  MODIFY OR EXPAND THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF A MENTAL HEALTH
 COUNSELOR, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST,  CREATIVE  ARTS  THERAPIST  OR
 PSYCHOANALYST  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subsection (h) of section 4303  of  the  insurance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 502 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (1) A medical expense indemnity corporation or a health service corpo-
 ration, which provides group, group remittance or school blanket  cover-
 age for physician services, shall provide as part of its contract broad-
 based  coverage  for  the  diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous or
 emotional disorders or ailments, however defined in  such  contract,  at
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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