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Assembly Bill A7384

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires coverage of a hospitalized birthing parent's interhospital transport to accompany their infant needing such transport

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2025-A7384 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7731
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

2025-A7384 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance coverage of a hospitalized birthing parent's interhospital transport to accompany such birthing parent's newborn infant experiencing a condition necessitating transport.

2025-A7384 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7384
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring coverage  of
   a  hospitalized birthing parent's interhospital transport to accompany
   their infant needing such transport
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  10  of  subsection  (i) of section 3216 of the
 insurance law is amended by adding a new subparagraph  (C)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (C)  COVERAGE  PROVIDED  UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH FOR MATERNITY CARE SHALL
 INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR AN INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFER OF A HOSPITALIZED  BIRTH-
 ING PARENT TO ACCOMPANY SUCH BIRTHING PARENT'S NEWBORN INFANT EXPERIENC-
 ING A CONDITION NECESSITATING TRANSPORT.
   §  2.  Paragraph  5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
   (C) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH FOR  MATERNITY  CARE  SHALL
 INCLUDE  COVERAGE FOR AN INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFER OF A HOSPITALIZED BIRTH-
 ING PARENT TO ACCOMPANY SUCH BIRTHING PARENT'S NEWBORN INFANT EXPERIENC-
 ING A CONDITION NECESSITATING TRANSPORT.
   § 3. Subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
   (3) COVERAGE PROVIDED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR MATERNITY  CARE  SHALL
 INCLUDE  COVERAGE FOR AN INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFER OF A HOSPITALIZED BIRTH-
 ING PARENT TO ACCOMPANY SUCH BIRTHING PARENT'S NEWBORN INFANT EXPERIENC-
 ING A CONDITION NECESSITATING TRANSPORT.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law and shall apply to all policies and contracts
 issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such effective
 date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment  and/or  repeal  of
 any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or  before
 such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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