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A06798 Summary:

BILL NO	A06798
SAME AS	SAME AS S05340
SPONSOR	Weisenberg
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S3240, Ins L
Requires coverage for anesthesia and hospital charges for dental care.

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A06798 Actions:

BILL NO	A06798
03/31/2011	referred to insurance
01/04/2012	referred to insurance
06/06/2012	held for consideration in insurance

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A06798 Floor Votes:

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A06798 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6798
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 31, 2011
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEISENBERG  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Insurance
 
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring coverage for
          hospitalization and anesthesia services related to  the  provision  of
          dental services
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new  section  3240
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  3240.  Payment for anesthesia and hospitalization related to dental
     4  services. Any health insurance authorized pursuant to paragraph three of
     5  subsection (a) of section one thousand  one  hundred  thirteen  of  this
     6  chapter  shall  cover  anesthesia  and  hospital charges for dental care
     7  provided to a covered person who: (a) is under eighteen years of age; or
     8  (b) is severely disabled; or (c) has a medical condition  that  requires
     9  general  anesthesia  or  hospitalization  for  the  provision  of dental
    10  services. The coverage required by this section may be made  subject  to

    11  provisions  that  apply  to other benefits, including but not limited to
    12  deductibles and coinsurance. A health insurer may require prior authori-
    13  zation for hospitalization for dental care in the same manner  as  would
    14  be  required for other covered medical conditions. When services defined
    15  in this section are provided by a dentist acting within the lawful scope
    16  of his or her license, benefits shall be provided at the same levels and
    17  under the same terms whether provided by a physician or dentist.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04199-01-1

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