Assembly Bill A4622

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires insurers to issue healthcare policies in the state to include all costs of any COVID-19 test without a copayment or deductible

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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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2021-A4622 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance

2021-A4622 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurers to issue healthcare policies in the state to include all costs of any COVID-19 test without a copayment, coinsurance or deductible.

2021-A4622 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4622
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  requiring insurers to issue healthcare policies in the state to
   include all costs of any COVID-19 test without copayments  or  deduct-
   ibles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
   thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, rule  or  regulation
 to  the contrary, the department of financial services is authorized and
 directed to require insurers to issue healthcare policies in  the  state
 to  include  all  costs  of  any  COVID-19 test without being subject to
 deductibles, coinsurance or copayments.
   § 2. This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided  that  the
 provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the day of
 the  expiration of the declared state of emergency relating to the novel
 coronavirus (COVID-19); and provided, further, that  the  superintendent
 of financial services shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis-
 sion  upon  the occurrence of the expiration of the state disaster emer-
 gency declared by executive order number 202 and any further  amendments
 or  modifications, and as may be further extended pursuant to section 28
 of the executive law, in order that the commission may maintain an accu-
 rate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws  of
 the  state  of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of
 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the  public  offi-
 cers law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04460-01-1

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