assembly Bill A434

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the coverage of alternative treatment options by the medical assistance program and private insurers

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Jan 05, 2022 referred to insurance
Jan 06, 2021 referred to insurance

A434 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; add §365-o, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9834
2019-2020: A2772
2023-2024: A1769

A434 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that non-pharmaceutical alternative treatment options including but not limited to treatment provided by a licensed acupuncturist, licensed massage therapist, licensed chiropractor, and yoga instructor be covered by the medical assistance program and by private health insurers.

A434 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    434
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance  law  and  the  social  services  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring the coverage of alternate treatment options by
   the medical assistance program and private health insurers
 
   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 POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR  MEDICAL,  OR  SIMILAR
 COMPREHENSIVE  TYPE  COVERAGE  SHALL  INCLUDE  COVERAGE  FOR ALTERNATIVE
 TREATMENT UTILIZED FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT.  COVERAGE  PROVIDED  UNDER  THIS
 PARAGRAPH SHALL BE LIMITED TO ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT PROVIDED BY A HEALTH
 CARE  PROVIDER  OR  OTHER  LICENSED  INDIVIDUAL.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS
 SUBSECTION, "ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT" MEANS  NON-PHARMACEUTICAL  TREATMENT
 FOR  PAIN  MANAGEMENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TREATMENT PROVIDED BY
 (A) A LICENSED ACUPUNCTURIST, (B) A LICENSED MASSAGE  THERAPIST,  (C)  A
 LICENSED CHIROPRACTOR, AND (D) A YOGA INSTRUCTOR.
   § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
   (21)  EVERY  GROUP  OR  BLANKET  POLICY  WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR
 MEDICAL, OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE TYPE COVERAGE SHALL  INCLUDE  COVERAGE
 FOR   ALTERNATIVE  TREATMENT  UTILIZED  FOR  PAIN  MANAGEMENT.  COVERAGE
 PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE LIMITED TO ALTERNATIVE  TREATMENT
 PROVIDED  BY  A  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDER OR OTHER LICENSED INDIVIDUAL. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, "ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT"  MEANS  NON-PHARMA-
 CEUTICAL  TREATMENT  FOR  PAIN  MANAGEMENT  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 TREATMENT PROVIDED BY (A)  A  LICENSED  ACUPUNCTURIST,  (B)  A  LICENSED
 MASSAGE  THERAPIST, (C) A LICENSED CHIROPRACTOR, AND (D) A YOGA INSTRUC-
 TOR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets