Senate Bill S1049

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires insurance coverage for craniofacial disorders

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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-S1049 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6496
Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6996, A375
2011-2012: S139, A2622

2013-S1049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance coverage under health insurance plans for diagnosis and treatment of craniofacial disorder; provides a referral from a health care provider under contract with the policy may be required.

2013-S1049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1049

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to  health  insurance
  coverage for craniofacial disorders

  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)(A)  EVERY  POLICY  DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE
WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL COVERAGE THAT  INCLUDES  COVERAGE  FOR  PHYSICIAN
SERVICES  IN  A PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE AND EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MAJOR
MEDICAL OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE  SHALL  PROVIDE  COVERAGE
FOR  DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICALLY NECESSARY TREATMENT, INCLUDING SURGICAL AND
NONSURGICAL PROCEDURES, FOR A MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER THAT AFFECTS  ANY
BONE  OR  JOINT IN THE FACE, NECK OR HEAD AND IS THE RESULT OF ACCIDENT,
TRAUMA, CONGENITAL DEFECT, DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECT, OR  PATHOLOGY.  SUBJECT
TO  SUBPARAGRAPH  (B) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THIS COVERAGE SHALL BE THE SAME
AS THAT PROVIDED UNDER THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR  ANY  OTHER  MUSCU-
LOSKELETAL  DISORDER  IN THE BODY AND MAY BE PROVIDED WHEN PRESCRIBED OR
ADMINISTERED BY A PHYSICIAN OR A DENTIST. THIS PARAGRAPH  SHALL  NOT  BE
CONSTRUED  TO  REQUIRE COVERAGE FOR DENTAL SERVICES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OR
TREATMENT OF DENTAL DISORDERS OR DENTAL  PATHOLOGY  PRIMARILY  AFFECTING
THE GUMS, TEETH, OR ALVEOLAR RIDGE.
  (B)  A  REFERRAL  FROM  A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE
POLICY MAY BE REQUIRED.
  S 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 19 to read as follows:
  (19)(A) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY
IN THIS STATE WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL COVERAGE THAT INCLUDES COVERAGE FOR
PHYSICIAN SERVICES IN A PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE OR MAJOR MEDICAL  OR  SIMILAR

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

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