Senate Bill S6674

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands coverage requirements for human donor milk

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  • 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-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7790
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L; amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6674, A7790

2023-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands coverage requirements for human donor milk; removes the requirement for inpatient use.

2023-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6674
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
 
 AN ACT to amend the social  services  law  and  the  insurance  law,  in
   relation to expanding coverage requirements for human donor milk
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (dd) of subdivision 2 of  section  365-a  of  the
 social  services  law,  as added by section 3 of part S of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (dd) pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM), which may include fortifiers
 as medically indicated[,  for  inpatient  use],  for  which  a  licensed
 medical  practitioner has issued an order for an infant who is medically
 or physically unable to receive maternal breast milk or  participate  in
 breast  feeding  or  whose  mother  is medically or physically unable to
 produce maternal breast milk at  all  or  in  sufficient  quantities  or
 participate  in  breast  feeding despite optimal lactation support. Such
 infant shall: (i) have a documented birth weight of less than one  thou-
 sand five hundred grams; or (ii) have a congenital or acquired condition
 that  places  the  infant  at a high risk for development of necrotizing
 enterocolitis; or (iii) have a congenital or acquired condition that may
 benefit from the use of donor breast milk as determined by  the  commis-
 sioner of health or his or her designee.
   §  2.  Paragraph 38 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance
 law, as added by section 10 of part MM of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018
 and as renumbered by chapter 739 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (38) Every policy that provides coverage  for  hospital,  surgical  or
 medical  care shall provide the following coverage for pasteurized donor
 human milk (PDHM), which may include fortifiers as medically indicated[,
 for inpatient use], for which a licensed medical practitioner has issued
 an order for an infant who is medically or physically unable to  receive
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11129-02-3
              

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