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A00972 Summary:

A00972 Actions:

A00972 Committee Votes:

Committee:INSURANCE   Chair:Cahill      
DATE:05/30/2019AYE/NAY:24/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Cahill
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Cook
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Finch
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Raia
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Steck
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Walker
Aye
Niou
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Stern
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Romeo
Aye
Jacobson
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:06/04/2019AYE/NAY:22/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Lentol
Aye
Ra
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/11/2019AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Raia
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Excused
Peoples-Stokes
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Excused

A00972 Floor Votes:

A00972 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         972--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting co-pay-
          ments for treatment at an opioid treatment program

          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 31-b to read as follows:
     3    (31-b) Every policy that provides coverage for treatment at an  opioid
     4  treatment program shall not impose a co-payment fee during the course of
     5  treatment  on  any  insured for such treatment. For the purposes of this
     6  section "opioid treatment  program"  means  a  program  or  practitioner
     7  engaged in opioid treatment of individuals with an opioid agonist treat-
     8  ment medication.
     9    § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
    10  adding a new paragraph 7-c to read as follows:
    11    (7-c)  Every  policy that provides coverage for treatment at an opioid
    12  treatment program shall not impose a co-payment fee during the course of
    13  treatment on any insured for such treatment.  For the purposes  of  this
    14  section  "opioid  treatment  program"  means  a  program or practitioner
    15  engaged in opioid treatment of individuals with an opioid agonist treat-
    16  ment medication.
    17    § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    18  subsection (l-3) to read as follows:
    19    (l-3)  Every  policy that provides coverage for treatment at an opioid
    20  treatment program shall not impose a co-payment fee during the course of
    21  treatment on any insured for such treatment.  For the purposes  of  this
    22  section  "opioid  treatment  program"  means  a  program or practitioner
    23  engaged in opioid treatment of individuals with an opioid agonist treat-
    24  ment medication.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04805-02-9
        A. 972--A                           2
 
     1    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
     2  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
     3  policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on
     4  and after such date.