Assembly Bill A1775

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires coverage of medical nutrition therapy by health and accident insurance policies

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1775 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6398
2011-2012: A213

2013-A1775 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all accident and health insurance policies to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy; defines medical nutrition therapy to mean the nutritional diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services for the purpose of disease management which are furnished by a dietician or nutrition professional.

2013-A1775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1775

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, JACOBS, GALEF, JAFFEE, STEVENSON, MOYA --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, LIFTON,  RIVERA,  ROBINSON  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance

AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to making coverage for
  medical  nutrition  therapy  applicable  to  insurance  policies   and
  contracts

  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 30 to read as follows:
  (30)  EVERY  POLICY  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE FOR ALL COSTS OF MEDICAL
NUTRITION THERAPY, IF RECOMMENDED OR  PRESCRIBED  BY  A  PHYSICIAN.  FOR
PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "MEDICAL  NUTRITION  THERAPY" SHALL MEAN
NUTRITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC, THERAPY, AND COUNSELING SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE
OF DISEASE MANAGEMENT WHICH ARE FURNISHED BY A  DIETITIAN  OR  NUTRITION
PROFESSIONAL  CERTIFIED  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN OF
THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
  (19) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN
THIS STATE WHICH PROVIDES HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL  COVERAGE  SHALL
PROVIDE  COVERAGE  FOR ALL COSTS OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY, IF RECOM-
MENDED OR PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN. FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,
"MEDICAL NUTRITION  THERAPY" SHALL MEAN NUTRITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC, THERAPY,
AND  COUNSELING SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISEASE MANAGEMENT WHICH ARE
FURNISHED BY A DIETITIAN OR NUTRITION PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subsection (jj) to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00335-01-3

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