Requires private insurance plans which provide for reimbursement for psychiatric or psychological services or for diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions to include reimbursement for services provided by child advocacy centers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1789
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 requiring certain
private insurance plans to reimburse for services provided by child
advocacy centers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insur-
2 ance law, as amended by section 1 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 57
3 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 (4) (A) If a policy provides for reimbursement for psychiatric or
5 psychological services or for diagnosis and treatment of mental health
6 conditions however defined in the policy, the insured shall be entitled
7 to reimbursement for such services, diagnosis or treatment whether
8 performed by a physician, psychiatrist, a certified and registered
9 psychologist, or a nurse practitioner when the services rendered are
10 within the lawful scope of their practice.
11 (B) (i) Every policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state
12 which provides for reimbursement for psychiatric or psychological
13 services or for diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions
14 shall also include reimbursement for services provided by child advocacy
15 centers established pursuant to section four hundred twenty-three-a of
16 the social services law.
17 (ii) Reimbursement under this subparagraph may be limited to facili-
18 ties in New York state that are licensed, certified or otherwise author-
19 ized by the office of children and family services.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
21 policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on
22 or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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