Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 26, 2022 | referred to insurance |
senate Bill S8156
Sponsored By
Roxanne J. Persaud
(D) 19th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 34th Senate District
Robert Jackson
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 7th Senate District
Timothy M. Kennedy
(D, IP, WF) 63rd Senate District
S8156 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9150
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
S8156 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8156 SPONSOR: PERSAUD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in relation to requiring certain insurance policies and Medicaid to allow patients a one hundred twenty-day window for additional breast exams when the provider deems another breast exam is needed PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Mandates certain insurance policies and Medicaid to allow patients a one hundred twenty-day window for additional breast exams when the provider deems another breast exam is needed. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 and 2. Allows a patient one hundred and twenty days to get an additional breast exam done should the provider finds it necessary. Defines the word "physician" in accordance with section sixty five- hundred twenty- two of the educational law.
S8156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8156 I N S E N A T E January 26, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in relation to requiring certain insurance policies and Medicaid to allow patients a one hundred twenty-day window for additional breast exams when the provider deems another breast exam is needed THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 414 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: (A) Every policy that provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care shall provide the following coverage for mammography screening for occult breast cancer: (i) [upon the recommendation of a physician] WHERE A PROVIDER, LICENSED TO ISSUE PRESCRIPTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ASSESSED THE RISK AND THEN MAKES A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL SCREENING INCLUDING MAMMOGRAM, a mammo- gram, which may be provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having a prior history of breast cancer OR DENSE BREAST or who have a first degree relative with a prior history of breast cancer OR DENSE BREAST; (ii) a single baseline mammogram, which may be provided by breast tomosynthesis, for covered persons aged thirty-five through thirty-nine, inclusive; [and] (iii) an annual mammogram, which may be provided by breast tomosynthe- sis, for covered persons aged forty and older; AND (IV) AN ADDITIONAL SCREENING INCLUDING MAMMOGRAM, WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED BY BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS, FOR COVERED PERSONS WHOSE MAMMOGRAM, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PREVIOUS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS, SHOWED ABNOR- MALITIES DUE TO DENSE BREAST OR THE PROVIDER DEEMS ANOTHER MAMMOGRAM IS NEEDED. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13334-05-2 S. 8156 2
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