STATE OF NEW YORK
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6128
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring coverage
under the Healthy New York program for mental illness
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 5 of
2 subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by
3 section 13 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 Every insurer delivering a group or school blanket policy or a group
6 or individual policy pursuant to section four thousand three hundred
7 twenty-six of this chapter or issuing a group or school blanket policy
8 or a group or individual policy pursuant to section four thousand three
9 hundred twenty-six of this chapter for delivery, in this state, which
10 provides coverage for inpatient hospital care or coverage for physician
11 services shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of
12 mental health conditions and:
13 § 2. The opening paragraph of subsection (g) of section 4303 of the
14 insurance law, as amended by section 22 of subpart A of part BB of chap-
15 ter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
16 A medical expense indemnity corporation, hospital service corporation
17 or a health service corporation, that provides group, group remittance
18 or school blanket coverage or group or individual coverage pursuant to
19 section four thousand three hundred twenty-six of this article for inpa-
20 tient hospital care or coverage for physician services shall provide as
21 part of its contract coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental
22 health conditions and:
23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07227-01-5
