STATE OF NEW YORK
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10873
IN ASSEMBLY
April 8, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring coverage of
peripheral artery disease
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 42 to read as follows:
3 (42) Every policy which provides medical, major medical or similar
4 comprehensive-type coverage and provides coverage for prescription drugs
5 shall include coverage for peripheral artery disease.
6 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
7 adding a new paragraph 24 to read as follows:
8 (24) Every group or blanket accident and health insurance policy
9 issued or issued for delivery in this state which provides medical,
10 major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage and provides cover-
11 age for prescription drugs shall include coverage for peripheral artery
12 disease.
13 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
14 subsection (yy) to read as follows:
15 (yy) A medical expense indemnity corporation or a health service
16 corporation which provides medical, major medical or similar comprehen-
17 sive-type coverage and provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
18 include coverage for peripheral artery disease.
19 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027 and shall apply to all
20 policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on
21 or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15354-01-6
