Senate Bill S7915

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires insurance coverage for early egg and peanut allergen introduction dietary supplements for infants at no cost

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-S7915 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A771
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

2025-S7915 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance coverage for early egg and peanut allergen introduction dietary supplements for infants at no cost.

2025-S7915 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7915
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance  law  and the social services law, in
   relation to requiring coverage  for  early  egg  and  peanut  allergen
   introduction dietary supplements

   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 41 to read as follows:
   (41) (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH:
   (I)  "DIETARY  SUPPLEMENT"  SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.
   (II) "EARLY EGG ALLERGEN  INTRODUCTION  DIETARY  SUPPLEMENT"  MEANS  A
 DIETARY  SUPPLEMENT  THAT  IS  PRESCRIBED  TO AN INFANT BY A HEALTH CARE
 PRACTITIONER AND CONTAINS SUFFICIENT INFANT-SAFE, WELL-COOKED EGG PROTE-
 IN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FOOD ALLERGIES.
   (III) "EARLY PEANUT ALLERGEN INTRODUCTION DIETARY SUPPLEMENT" MEANS  A
 DIETARY  SUPPLEMENT  THAT  IS  PRESCRIBED  TO AN INFANT BY A HEALTH CARE
 PRACTITIONER AND  CONTAINS  SUFFICIENT  INFANT-SAFE  PEANUT  PROTEIN  TO
 REDUCE THE RISK OF FOOD ALLERGIES.
   (IV)  "HEALTH  CARE PRACTITIONER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL LICENSED, CERTI-
 FIED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO  PRACTICE,  AND  LEGALLY  AUTHORIZED  TO
 PRESCRIBE, UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   (V) "INFANT" MEANS A CHILD WHO HAS NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF ONE YEAR.
   (B)  (I)  ALL  INDIVIDUAL  HEALTH  INSURANCE  POLICIES,  CONTRACTS, OR
 CERTIFICATES THAT ARE DELIVERED, ISSUED FOR DELIVERY, RENEWED,  EXTENDED
 OR  MODIFIED  IN  THIS  STATE SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR AT LEAST ONE OF
 EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) AN EARLY EGG ALLERGEN INTRODUCTION DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; AND
   (2) AN EARLY PEANUT ALLERGEN INTRODUCTION DIETARY SUPPLEMENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02568-02-5
 S. 7915                             2
              

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