New York Assembly Bill A03980 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3980--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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, in relation to requiring insurance coverage for lactation consultant services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 39 to read as follows: 3 (39) Every policy that provides coverage for hospital, surgical or 4 medical care shall provide outpatient coverage for lactation consultant 5 services. Coverage provided under this paragraph may be subject to 6 annual deductibles and co-insurance as deemed appropriate by the super- 7 intendent and that are consistent with those imposed on other benefits 8 within a given policy. For the purposes of this paragraph, "lactation 9 consultant" shall mean a professionally certified counselor who evalu- 10 ates and manages lactation and infant feeding problems and provides 11 preventive clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the occurrence of 12 potential problems. 13 § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 14 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows: 15 (23) Every group or blanket policy delivered or issued for delivery in 16 this state that provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care 17 shall provide such coverage for lactation consultant services. For the 18 purposes of this paragraph, "lactation consultant" shall mean a profes- 19 sionally certified counselor who evaluates and manages lactation and 20 infant feeding problems and provides preventive clinical consulting to 21 prevent or minimize the occurrence of potential problems. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07184-04-4 
 A. 3980--A 2 1 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 2 subsection (vv) to read as follows: 3 (vv) A medical expense indemnity corporation, a hospital service 4 corporation or a health service corporation that provides coverage for 5 hospital, surgical or medical care shall provide such coverage for 6 lactation consultant services. For the purposes of this subsection, 7 "lactation consultant" shall mean a professionally certified counselor 8 who evaluates and manages lactation and infant feeding problems and 9 provides preventive clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the 10 occurrence of potential problems. 11 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 12 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all 13 insurance policies, contracts and plans issued, renewed, modified, 14 altered or amended on or after such effective date.