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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to insurance |
Jan 22, 2021 | referred to insurance |
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Victor M. Pichardo
Diana Richardson
Jonathan Jacobson
A3324 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3324 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, PICHARDO, RICHARDSON, JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring health insurance plans to provide coverage for epi-pens for individuals 18 years old and younger 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) EVERY INSURER ISSUING A POLICY OF ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE AND, IF REQUESTED BY THE INSURED, PROVIDE COVERAGE OF MEDICALLY NECESSARY EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR DEVICES FOR ANY INSURED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR DEVICE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-C OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 22 to read as follows: (22) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY OF ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE WHICH PROVIDES HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL COVERAGE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE AND, IF REQUESTED BY THE INSURED, PROVIDE COVERAGE OF MEDICALLY NECESSARY EPINEPHRINE AUTO- INJECTOR DEVICES FOR ANY INSURED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR DEVICE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-C OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (ss) to read as follows: (SS) EVERY MEDICAL EXPENSE INDEMNITY CORPORATION, HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATION AND HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.