Senate Bill S5300

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to behavioral health parity

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance 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-S5300 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§109, 3216, 3221, 3224-a & 4303, Ins L

2023-S5300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to behavioral health parity; requires facilities to perform daily clinical review of a patient and consult periodically with the insurer regarding the patient's progress, course of treatment, and discharge plan; requires insurers to actively participate in facility-initiated periodic consultations prior to the patient's discharge; makes related provisions (Part A)

2023-S5300 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5300
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing behavioral
   health parity (Part A); and to amend the insurance law, in relation to
   the authorization for certain drugs for the detoxification or  mainte-
   nance of a substance use disorder (Part B)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law components  of  legislation  which
 are  necessary  to  effectuate  provisions relating to mental health and
 substance use disorder parity.  Each component is wholly contained with-
 in a Part identified as Parts A through B. The effective date  for  each
 particular provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last
 section  of  such  Part. Any provision in any section contained within a
 Part, including  the  effective date of the Part, which makes  reference
 to  a  section "of this act", when used in connection with that  partic-
 ular component, shall  be  deemed  to mean and refer to the  correspond-
 ing  section of the Part in which it is found. Section three of this act
 sets forth the general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (D) of  paragraph  30  of  subsection  (i)  of
 section  3216 of the insurance law, as amended by section 5 of subpart A
 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (D) This subparagraph shall apply to facilities in this state that are
 licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the office of [alcoholism
 and  substance  abuse services] ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS that are
 participating in the insurer's provider network. Coverage provided under
 this paragraph  shall  not  be  subject  to  preauthorization.  Coverage
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03088-01-3
              

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