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Assembly Bill A11406

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires certain health insurance coverage for prostheses and custom orthoses

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2025-A11406 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10292
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§345, 3216, 3221, 4303 & 4902, Ins L; amd §364-j, Soc Serv L; add §4406-j, Pub Health L

2025-A11406 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health insurance coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices that equals the coverage and payment provided for by federal laws and regulations for the aged and disabled.

2025-A11406 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11406
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ramos) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law,  the  social  services  law  and  the
   public  health  law, in relation to requiring certain health insurance
   coverage for prostheses and custom orthoses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subsection  (i)  of  section 3216 of the insurance law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph 42 to read as follows:
   (42) (A) EVERY POLICY THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR HOSPITAL, MEDICAL  OR
 SURGICAL  EXPENSES  SHALL  INCLUDE  COVERAGE FOR PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC
 DEVICES THAT EQUALS THE COVERAGE AND PAYMENT  PROVIDED  FOR  BY  FEDERAL
 LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C.,
 SECTIONS 1395K,  1395L  AND  1395M  AND  42  C.F.R.,  SECTIONS  414.202,
 414.210,  414.228  AND 410.100, AND ANY SUCCESSOR REGULATIONS, INCLUDING
 PAYMENT AT A RATE NO LESS THAN THE CURRENT  QUARTER'S  MEDICARE  DURABLE
 MEDICAL  EQUIPMENT,  PROSTHETICS,  ORTHOTICS  AND  SUPPLIES FEE SCHEDULE
 ESTABLISHED BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES FOR  PROS-
 THETIC AND ORTHOTIC DEVICES AND SERVICES.
   (B) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I)  A  PROSTHETIC  OR  ORTHOTIC  DEVICE  DETERMINED BY THE ENROLLEE'S
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE  MODEL  THAT  ADEQUATELY
 MEETS THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF SUCH ENROLLEE;
   (II)  A  PROSTHETIC  OR  CUSTOM  ORTHOTIC  DEVICE  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 ENROLLEE'S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO BE THE MOST  APPROPRIATE  MODEL  THAT
 MEETS  THE  MEDICAL  NEEDS  OF  SUCH ENROLLEE FOR PURPOSES OF PERFORMING
 PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  RUNNING,  BIKING,
 SWIMMING,  STRENGTH TRAINING, AND TO MAXIMIZE SUCH ENROLLEE'S WHOLE-BODY
 HEALTH AND LOWER AND/OR UPPER LIMB FUNCTION;
   (III) A  PROSTHETIC  OR  CUSTOM  ORTHOTIC  DEVICE  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 ENROLLEE'S  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER TO BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE MODEL THAT
 MEETS THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF SUCH ENROLLEE FOR PURPOSES  OF  SHOWERING  OR
 BATHING;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15475-02-6
              

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