STATE OF NEW YORK
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2356
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 18, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. STACHOWSKI -- 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 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.
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