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Assembly Bill A3980A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires insurance coverage for lactation consultant services

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2023-A3980 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8653
2025-2026: A4677

2023-A3980 - Summary

Requires insurance coverage for lactation consultant services by professionally certified counselors who evaluate and manage lactation and infant feeding problems and provide preventative clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the occurrence of potential problems.

2023-A3980 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3980
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  requiring  insurance
   coverage for lactation consultant services
 
   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 39 to read as follows:
   (39)  EVERY  POLICY  THAT  PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR
 MEDICAL CARE SHALL PROVIDE OUTPATIENT COVERAGE FOR LACTATION  CONSULTANT
 SERVICES.    COVERAGE  PROVIDED  UNDER  THIS PARAGRAPH MAY BE SUBJECT TO
 ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-INSURANCE AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE  SUPER-
 INTENDENT  AND  THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE IMPOSED ON OTHER BENEFITS
 WITHIN A GIVEN POLICY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "LACTATION
 CONSULTANT"  SHALL  MEAN A PROFESSIONALLY CERTIFIED COUNSELOR WHO EVALU-
 ATES AND MANAGES LACTATION AND  INFANT  FEEDING  PROBLEMS  AND  PROVIDES
 PREVENTIVE  CLINICAL CONSULTING TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE OCCURRENCE OF
 POTENTIAL PROBLEMS.
   § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows:
   (23) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN
 THIS STATE THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL CARE
 SHALL PROVIDE SUCH COVERAGE FOR LACTATION CONSULTANT SERVICES.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "LACTATION CONSULTANT" SHALL MEAN A PROFES-
 SIONALLY CERTIFIED COUNSELOR WHO EVALUATES  AND  MANAGES  LACTATION  AND
 INFANT  FEEDING  PROBLEMS AND PROVIDES PREVENTIVE CLINICAL CONSULTING TO
 PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE OCCURRENCE OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS.
   § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subsection (uu) to read as follows:
   (UU)  A  MEDICAL  EXPENSE  INDEMNITY  CORPORATION,  A HOSPITAL SERVICE
 CORPORATION OR A HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION THAT PROVIDES  COVERAGE  FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07184-01-3

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2023-A3980A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8653
2025-2026: A4677

2023-A3980A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance coverage for lactation consultant services by professionally certified counselors who evaluate and manage lactation and infant feeding problems and provide preventative clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the occurrence of potential problems.

2023-A3980A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3980--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Insurance -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Insurance  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
   coverage for lactation consultant services
 
   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 39 to read as follows:
   (39) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE  FOR  HOSPITAL,  SURGICAL  OR
 MEDICAL  CARE SHALL PROVIDE OUTPATIENT COVERAGE FOR LACTATION CONSULTANT
 SERVICES.   COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH  MAY  BE  SUBJECT  TO
 ANNUAL  DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-INSURANCE AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPER-
 INTENDENT AND THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE IMPOSED ON  OTHER  BENEFITS
 WITHIN  A  GIVEN  POLICY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "LACTATION
 CONSULTANT" SHALL MEAN A PROFESSIONALLY CERTIFIED COUNSELOR  WHO  EVALU-
 ATES  AND  MANAGES  LACTATION  AND  INFANT FEEDING PROBLEMS AND PROVIDES
 PREVENTIVE CLINICAL CONSULTING TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE OCCURRENCE  OF
 POTENTIAL PROBLEMS.
   § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows:
   (23) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN
 THIS STATE THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL CARE
 SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH COVERAGE FOR LACTATION CONSULTANT SERVICES. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "LACTATION CONSULTANT" SHALL MEAN A  PROFES-
 SIONALLY  CERTIFIED  COUNSELOR  WHO  EVALUATES AND MANAGES LACTATION AND
 INFANT FEEDING PROBLEMS AND PROVIDES PREVENTIVE CLINICAL  CONSULTING  TO
 PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE OCCURRENCE OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07184-04-4
 A. 3980--A                          2

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