STATE OF NEW YORK
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43--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- recommitted
to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance
coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis to
prevent HIV infection
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 35 to read as follows:
3 (35) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
4 include coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the
5 prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV
6 infection.
7 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
8 adding a new paragraph 21 to read as follows:
9 (21) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
10 include coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the
11 prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV
12 infection.
13 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
14 subsection (ss) to read as follows:
15 (ss) Every contract issued by a hospital services corporation or a
16 health services corporation which provides coverage for prescription
17 drugs shall include coverage for the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis
18 (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis to
19 prevent HIV infection.
20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05691-05-8
