Senate Bill S9061

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to insurance coverage of comprehensive annual medical examinations for firefighters

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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-S9061 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3942
2023-2024: S6428, S9431

2019-S9061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance coverage of comprehensive annual medical examinations for firefighters due to their increased risk for cancer and cancer-related diseases.

2019-S9061 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S9061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9061
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 23, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage  of
   comprehensive annual medical examinations for firefighters
 
   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 36 to read as follows:
   (36)(A) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR
 COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE  COVERAGE  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE FOR COMPREHENSIVE
 ANNUAL MEDICAL EXAMS FOR INSURED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIREFIGHTERS.  SUCH
 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL MEDICAL EXAM COVERAGE SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I)  A DETAILED SYMPTOM HEALTH HISTORY INCLUDING HEADACHES, SKIN RASH-
 ES, INTESTINAL OR RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, WEAKNESS, AND COGNITIVE DYSFUNC-
 TION;
   (II) AN  IN  PERSON  PHYSICAL  EXAM  INCLUDING  CARDIOVASCULAR,  SKIN,
 THYROID,  MOUTH,  PULMONARY, INTESTINAL, URINARY, LYMPH NODE, NEUROLOGI-
 CAL, MUSCULOSKELETAL, BREAST AND TESTES, AS APPLICABLE, EXAMINATION;
   (III) VITAL SIGNS AND BODY  MEASURES  TESTED  AND  RECORDED  INCLUDING
 BLOOD  PRESSURE,  OXYGEN SATURATION, HEART AND RESPIRATORY RATE, WEIGHT,
 HEIGHT AND BODY FAT PERCENTAGE;
   (IV) LABORATORY ASSESSMENTS INCLUDING:
   A. COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT WITH  DIFFEREN-
 TIAL, LIPID PANEL, THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE, HIGH-SENSITIVITY C-REAC-
 TIVE PROTEIN, AND HEMOGLOBIN A1C BLOOD TESTS; AND
   B.  URINALYSIS FOR PH, GLUCOSE, KETONES, PROTEIN, BLOOD AND BILIRUBIN,
 AND MICROSCOPIC ASSESSMENT FOR WHITE BLOOD CELLS, RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE
 BLOOD CELL CASTS, RED BLOOD CELL CASTS, AND CRYSTALS;
   (V) SPIROMETRY;
   (VI) CANCER SCREENING, INCLUDING, DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM FOR  INDIVIDUALS
 WITH  PROSTATE-SPECIFIC  ANTIGEN,  CERVICAL  EXAM  WITH PAP TEST, BREAST
 EXAM, RESPIRATOR FIT TEST, COLONOSCOPIES BEGINNING AT  FORTY-FIVE  YEARS
 OF  AGE  OR EARLIER DEPENDING ON FAMILY HISTORY, MAMMOGRAMS BEGINNING AT
 AGE FORTY OR EARLIER DEPENDING ON FAMILY HISTORY, AND LOW DOSE  COMPUTED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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