STATE OF NEW YORK
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668--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance --
recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for opioid-
addiction treatment medications
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 33 to read as follows:
3 (33) Every policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state that
4 provides medical, major medical, or similar comprehensive-type coverage
5 and provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for
6 opioid-addiction treatment medications. Such coverage may be subject to
7 co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles, provided that the co-pays, coinsu-
8 rance, or deductibles are at least as favorable to an insured as the
9 co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles that apply to coverage for other
10 prescription drugs.
11 § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
12 adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
13 (21) Every policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state that
14 provides medical, major medical, or similar comprehensive-type coverage
15 and provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for
16 opioid-addiction treatment medications. Such coverage may be subject to
17 co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles, provided that the co-pays, coinsu-
18 rance, or deductibles are at least as favorable to an insured as the
19 co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles that apply to coverage for other
20 prescription drugs.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
2 subsection (qq) to read as follows:
3 (qq) Every policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state that
4 provides medical, major medical, or similar comprehensive-type coverage
5 and provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for
6 opioid-addiction treatment medications. Such coverage may be subject to
7 co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles, provided that the co-pays, coinsu-
8 rance, or deductibles are at least as favorable to an insured as the
9 co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles that apply to coverage for other
10 prescription drugs.
11 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
12 policy issued, delivered, modified, amended, or renewed on or after such
13 effective date.
