STATE OF NEW YORK
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Cal. No. 150
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, STIRPE, COLTON, CRUZ, JACKSON,
GIBBS, LEVENBERG, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, HYNDMAN, SIMON, LUCAS, DAVILA,
WEPRIN, ROZIC, MEEKS, LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Insurance -- reported from committee, advanced to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to enacting the Eli Park-
er Levitt law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "Eli Parker Levitt Law".
3 § 2. Paragraph 10 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance
4 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
5 (C) Coverage provided under this paragraph for care and treatment
6 during pregnancy shall include medically necessary transvaginal ultra-
7 sounds when recommended by nationally recognized clinical practice
8 guidelines. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "nationally recog-
9 nized clinical practice guidelines" means evidence-based clinical prac-
10 tice guidelines informed by a systematic review of evidence and an
11 assessment of the benefits, and risks of alternative care options
12 intended to optimize patient care developed by independent organizations
13 or medical professional societies utilizing a transparent methodology
14 and reporting structure and with a conflict of interest policy.
15 § 3. Paragraph 5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
16 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
17 (D) Coverage provided under this paragraph for care and treatment
18 during pregnancy shall include medically necessary transvaginal ultra-
19 sounds when recommended by nationally recognized clinical practice
20 guidelines. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "nationally recog-
21 nized clinical practice guidelines" means evidence-based clinical prac-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 tice guidelines informed by a systematic review of evidence and an
2 assessment of the benefits, and risks of alternative care options
3 intended to optimize patient care developed by independent organizations
4 or medical professional societies utilizing a transparent methodology
5 and reporting structure and with a conflict of interest policy.
6 § 4. Paragraph 1 of subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance
7 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
8 (D) Coverage provided under this paragraph for care and treatment
9 during pregnancy shall include medically necessary transvaginal ultra-
10 sounds when recommended by nationally recognized clinical practice
11 guidelines. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "nationally recog-
12 nized clinical practice guidelines" means evidence-based clinical prac-
13 tice guidelines informed by a systematic review of evidence and an
14 assessment of the benefits, and risks of alternative care options
15 intended to optimize patient care developed by independent organizations
16 or medical professional societies utilizing a transparent methodology
17 and reporting structure and with a conflict of interest policy.
18 § 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027 and shall apply to any
19 policy or contract issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on or
20 after such date.
