STATE OF NEW YORK
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5223
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, ENGLEBRIGHT, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
coverage for the cost of donated breast milk
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 36 to read as follows:
3 (36) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
4 include coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.
5 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
6 adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
7 (21) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
8 include coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.
9 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
10 subsection (ss) to read as follows:
11 (ss) Every contract issued by a hospital services corporation or a
12 health services corporation which provides coverage for prescription
13 drugs shall include coverage for the cost of donated breast milk.
14 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06545-01-1
