Assembly Bill A8890

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Give Kids a Chance - Carter's Law"; mandates health insurance coverage for congenital anomalies

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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-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7709
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 4235, 4304 & 4305, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1943, S24
2023-2024: A7793, S2286

2019-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Give Kids a Chance - Carter's Law" mandating health insurance coverage for congenital anomalies including certain reconstructive services, habilitative services, and inpatient and outpatient services.

2019-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8890
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  enacting  the  "Give
   Kids  a Chance - Carter's Law" mandating health insurance coverage for
   congenital anomalies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Give Kids a Chance - Carter's Law".
   § 2. Subsection (a) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding 5 new paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   (5) "CONGENITAL ANOMALY" MEANS A MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED CONDITION  EXIST-
 ING  AT  OR  FROM BIRTH THAT IS A DEVIATION FROM THE COMMON STRUCTURE OR
 FUNCTION OF THE BODY, WHETHER CAUSED BY A  HEREDITARY  OR  DEVELOPMENTAL
 DISABILITY OR DISEASE.
   (6)  "COSMETIC SURGERY" MEANS SURGICAL AND NONSURGICAL ELECTIVE PROCE-
 DURES THAT ENHANCE AND RESHAPE STRUCTURES OF THE BODY TO IMPROVE APPEAR-
 ANCE AND CONFIDENCE, BUT ARE NOT NECESSARY TO IMPROVE BODY STRUCTURE  OR
 FUNCTION.
   (7)  "HABILITATIVE  SERVICES"  MEANS  HEALTHCARE SERVICES THAT HELP AN
 INDIVIDUAL KEEP, LEARN, OR IMPROVE  SKILLS  AND  FUNCTIONING  FOR  DAILY
 LIVING.  HABILITATIVE SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO PHYS-
 ICAL  AND  OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, AND SERVICES
 FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN A VARIETY OF INPATIENT AND/OR OUTPATIENT
 SETTINGS.
   (8) "RECONSTRUCTIVE SERVICES" MEANS PROCEDURES  OR  SURGERY  THAT  ARE
 PERFORMED  TO  TREAT  STRUCTURES  OF  THE BODY AFFECTED AESTHETICALLY OR
 FUNCTIONALLY BY CONGENITAL ANOMALIES, DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES, TRAU-
 MA, INFECTION, TUMORS, OR DISEASE.  RECONSTRUCTIVE SERVICES ARE INTENDED
 TO IMPROVE FUNCTION AND ABILITY, AND MAY ALSO BE PERFORMED TO ACHIEVE  A
 MORE TYPICAL APPEARANCE OF THE AFFECTED STRUCTURE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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