Assembly Bill A9266

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to covering mental illness under the healthy New York program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A9266 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4695
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6866
2011-2012: S1121
2013-2014: S2841
2015-2016: S2791
2017-2018: S2679
2019-2020: S3760
2021-2022: S3302

2023-A9266 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires coverage under the healthy New York program for mental illness.

2023-A9266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9266
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in  relation  to  requiring  coverage
   under the Healthy New York program for mental illness
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 5 of
 subsection (l) of section 3221 of  the  insurance  law,  as  amended  by
 section 13 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Every  insurer  delivering a group or school blanket policy OR A GROUP
 OR INDIVIDUAL POLICY PURSUANT TO SECTION  FOUR  THOUSAND  THREE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-SIX  OF  THIS CHAPTER or issuing a group or school blanket policy
 OR A GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL POLICY PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR THOUSAND  THREE
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-SIX  OF  THIS CHAPTER for delivery, in this state, which
 provides coverage for inpatient hospital care or coverage for  physician
 services  shall  provide  coverage  for  the  diagnosis and treatment of
 mental health conditions and:
   § 2. The opening paragraph of subsection (g) of section  4303  of  the
 insurance law, as amended by section 22 of subpart A of part BB of chap-
 ter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   A  medical expense indemnity corporation, hospital service corporation
 or a health service corporation, that provides group,  group  remittance
 or  school  blanket coverage OR GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL COVERAGE PURSUANT TO
 SECTION FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE for inpa-
 tient hospital care or coverage for physician services shall provide  as
 part  of its contract coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental
 health conditions and:
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06013-01-3

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