A01645 Summary:

BILL NOA01645
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02356
 
SPONSORBing (MS)
 
COSPNSRTitone, Gabryszak, Rivera N, Cahill, Boyland, Rivera J, Lupardo
 
MLTSPNSRGalef, Jaffee, Koon, Lopez V, Mayersohn, Pheffer, Reilly, Towns
 
Amd SS3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
 
Prohibits limitations in health insurance contracts or policies with respect to coverage of massage therapy performed by a licensed massage therapist.
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A01645 Actions:

BILL NOA01645
 
01/07/2009referred to insurance
01/06/2010referred to insurance
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A01645 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01645 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1645
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BING,  TITONE, GABRYSZAK, N. RIVERA, CAHILL,
          BOYLAND, J. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  DIAZ,  GALEF,
          JAFFEE, KOON, V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAYERSOHN, REILLY, TOWNS -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 

        AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting certain
          limitations or exclusions regarding massage therapy
 
          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 26 to read as follows:
     3    (26) No policy which provides coverage for medical care shall limit or
     4  exclude coverage of care in connection with massage therapy performed by
     5  a massage therapist licensed pursuant to the education law.
     6    § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
     7  adding a new paragraph 15 to read as follows:
     8    (15) No group policy issued or delivered in this state which  provides

     9  coverage  for  medical  care  shall limit or exclude coverage of care in
    10  connection  with  massage  therapy  performed  by  a  massage  therapist
    11  licensed pursuant to the education law.
    12    §  3.  Section  4303  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
    13  subsection (ff) to read as follows:
    14    (ff) No contract issued by a health service corporation or  a  medical
    15  expense  indemnity  corporation which provides coverage for medical care
    16  shall limit or exclude coverage of care in connection with massage ther-
    17  apy performed by a massage therapist licensed pursuant to the  education
    18  law.
    19    §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law and shall apply  to  policies  and  contracts  issued,

    21  renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03067-01-9
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