STATE OF NEW YORK
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4495
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 5, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, TITONE,
GLICK, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage of annual
chlamydia screenings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
2 new subsection (jj) to read as follows:
3 (jj) A medical expense indemnity corporation, a hospital service
4 corporation or a health service corporation which provides coverage for
5 hospital, surgical, or medical care shall provide coverage for an annual
6 chlamydia screening for men and women. Such coverage may be subject to
7 annual deductibles and coinsurance as may be deemed appropriate by the
8 superintendent and as are consistent with those established for other
9 benefits within a given policy.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07877-01-3
