New York Senate Bill S08553 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8553--A  IN SENATE February 13, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, CLEARE, COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insur- ance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in relation to mandatory health insurance coverage for lung cancer screening 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) (A) Every policy which provides medical, major medical, or simi- 4 lar comprehensive-type coverage shall provide coverage for follow-up 5 screening for lung cancer when recommended by a health care provider 6 acting within the provider's scope of practice pursuant to title eight 7 of the education law. 8 (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any policy that 9 provides coverage required by this paragraph shall not impose patient 10 cost sharing for follow-up screening for lung cancer. 11 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 12 adding a new paragraph 22 to read as follows: 13 (22) (A) Every policy which provides medical, major medical, or simi- 14 lar comprehensive-type coverage shall provide coverage for follow-up 15 screening for lung cancer when recommended by a health care provider 16 acting within the provider's scope of practice pursuant to title eight 17 of the education law. 18 (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any policy that 19 provides coverage required by this paragraph shall not impose patient 20 cost sharing for follow-up screening for lung cancer. 21 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 22 subsection (vv) to read as follows: 23 (vv) (1) Every policy which provides medical, major medical, or simi- 24 lar comprehensive-type coverage shall provide coverage for follow-up 25 screening for lung cancer when recommended by a health care provider EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14523-02-4 
 S. 8553--A 2 1 acting within the provider's scope of practice pursuant to title eight 2 of the education law. 3 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any policy that 4 provides coverage required by this subsection shall not impose patient 5 cost sharing for follow-up screening for lung cancer. 6 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law is 7 amended by adding a new paragraph (nn) to read as follows: 8 (nn) (i) follow-up screening for lung cancer when recommended by a 9 health care provider acting within the provider's scope of practice 10 pursuant to title eight of the education law. 11 (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, coverage required by 12 this paragraph shall not impose patient cost sharing for follow-up 13 screening for lung cancer. 14 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 15 have become a law and shall apply to policies and contracts issued, 16 renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such effective date.