New York Senate Bill S01001 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1001--A Cal. No. 164 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAY, MYRIE, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurers from restricting or imposing delays in the distribution of antiretro- viral prescription drugs to certain persons 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) No policy that provides coverage for antiretroviral prescription 4 drugs prescribed for the treatment or prevention of the human immunode- 5 ficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) shall 6 subject such drugs to prior authorization. 7 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 8 adding a new paragraph 22 to read as follows: 9 (22) Every group or blanket policy delivered or issued for delivery in 10 this state that provides coverage for antiretroviral prescription drugs 11 for the treatment or prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus 12 (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) shall not subject 13 such drug to a prior authorization requirement. 14 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 15 subsection (vv) to read as follows: 16 (vv) Any contract issued by a medical expense indemnity corporation, a 17 hospital service corporation or a health services corporation that 18 provides coverage for antiretroviral prescription drugs for the treat- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04099-03-4 
 S. 1001--A 2 1 ment or prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired 2 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) shall not subject such drug to a prior 3 authorization requirement. 4 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 5 it shall have become a law.