Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 15, 2024 |
print number 1696a |
Mar 15, 2024 |
amend and recommit to insurance |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to insurance |
Jan 17, 2023 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A1696A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HUNTER
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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Steven Raga
2023-A1696 - Details
2023-A1696 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1696 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in relation to requiring certain insurance policies and Medicaid to allow patients a one hundred twenty-day window for additional breast exams when the provider deems another breast exam is needed THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 414 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: (A) Every policy that provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care shall provide the following coverage for mammography screening for occult breast cancer: (i) [upon the recommendation of a physician] WHERE A PROVIDER, LICENSED TO ISSUE PRESCRIPTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ASSESSED THE RISK AND THEN MAKES A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL SCREENING INCLUDING MAMMOGRAM, a mammo- gram, which may be provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having a prior history of breast cancer OR DENSE BREAST or who have a first degree relative with a prior history of breast cancer OR DENSE BREAST; (ii) a single baseline mammogram, which may be provided by breast tomosynthesis, for covered persons aged thirty-five through thirty-nine, inclusive; [and] (iii) an annual mammogram, which may be provided by breast tomosynthe- sis, for covered persons aged forty and older; AND (IV) AN ADDITIONAL SCREENING INCLUDING MAMMOGRAM, WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED BY BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS, FOR COVERED PERSONS WHOSE MAMMOGRAM, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PREVIOUS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS, SHOWED ABNOR- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02639-01-3 A. 1696 2
co-Sponsors
Steven Raga
2023-A1696A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A1696A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1696--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER, RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee 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 and the social services law, in relation to requiring certain insurance policies and Medicaid to allow patients a one hundred twenty-day window for additional breast exams when the provider deems another breast exam is needed THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (D) of paragraph 11 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: (D) In addition to subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) of this paragraph, every policy that provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care, except for a grandfathered health plan under subparagraph (E) of this paragraph, shall provide coverage for the following mammography screening services, and such coverage shall not be subject to annual deductibles or coinsurance: (i) evidence-based items or services for mammography that have in effect a rating of 'A' or 'B' in the current recommendations of the United States preventive services task force; [and] (ii) with respect to women, such additional preventive care and screenings for mammography not described in item (i) of this subpara- graph and as provided for in comprehensive guidelines supported by the health resources and services administration[.]; AND (III) AN ADDITIONAL SCREENING INCLUDING A MAMMOGRAM, WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED BY BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS, FOR COVERED PERSONS WHOSE MAMMOGRAM, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PREVIOUS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DAYS, SHOWED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02639-07-4 A. 1696--A 2
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