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Assembly Bill A5223

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires insurance coverage for the cost of donated breast milk

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2021-A5223 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8356
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7897, S7190
2019-2020: A2759, S2249
2023-2024: A2869, S3215
2025-2026: A5074, S6675

2021-A5223 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.

2021-A5223 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5223
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, ENGLEBRIGHT, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
   coverage for the cost of donated breast milk
 
   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 COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL
 INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR THE COST OF DONATED BREAST MILK.
   § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
   (21) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL
 INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR THE COST OF DONATED BREAST MILK.
   § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subsection (ss) to read as follows:
   (SS)  EVERY  CONTRACT  ISSUED  BY A HOSPITAL SERVICES CORPORATION OR A
 HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION WHICH  PROVIDES  COVERAGE  FOR  PRESCRIPTION
 DRUGS SHALL INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR THE COST OF DONATED BREAST MILK.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06545-01-1

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