Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 08, 2023 |
referred to insurance delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 30, 2023 |
advanced to third reading |
May 24, 2023 |
2nd report cal. |
May 23, 2023 |
1st report cal.1264 |
May 04, 2023 |
referred to women's issues |
Senate Bill S6674
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2023-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6674 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law and the insurance law, in relation to expanding coverage requirements for human donor milk PURPOSE: An act to amend the Insurance Law, in relation to expanding coverage requirements for human donor milk SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 expands coverage requirements of human donor milk beyond inpa- tient use within the Medicaid program. Section 2 expands coverage requirements of human donor milk beyond inpa- tient use for individual accident and health insurance policies. Section 3 expands coverage requirements of human donor milk beyond inpa-
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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