Senate Bill S6551

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes image-guided biopsies under certain insurance coverage for breast cancer screening

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-S6551 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6561
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

2025-S6551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes image-guided biopsies under mandatory insurance coverage for breast cancer screening.

2025-S6551 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6551
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to including image-guided
   biopsies under certain insurance coverage for breast cancer screening
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Item (iv) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection
 (i)  of  section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 424 of
 the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (iv) upon the recommendation of a physician, screening and  diagnostic
 imaging,  including  diagnostic  mammograms,  breast ultrasounds, IMAGE-
 GUIDED BREAST BIOPSIES, or magnetic resonance  imaging,  recommended  by
 nationally  recognized clinical practice guidelines for the detection of
 breast cancer. For the purposes of  this  item,  "nationally  recognized
 clinical  practice  guidelines"  means  evidence-based clinical practice
 guidelines informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment
 of the benefits, and risks of alternative care options intended to opti-
 mize patient care developed  by  independent  organizations  or  medical
 professional societies utilizing a transparent methodology and reporting
 structure and with a conflict of interest policy.
   § 2. Item (v) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (l) of
 section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws
 of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (v)  upon  the recommendation of a physician, screening and diagnostic
 imaging, including diagnostic  mammograms,  breast  ultrasounds,  IMAGE-
 GUIDED  BREAST  BIOPSIES,  or magnetic resonance imaging, recommended by
 nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines for the detection  of
 breast  cancer.  For  the  purposes of this item, "nationally recognized
 clinical practice guidelines"  means  evidence-based  clinical  practice
 guidelines informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment
 of the benefits, and risks of alternative care options intended to opti-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10190-04-5

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