Directs the health care quality and cost containment commission to study and report upon the impact of requiring that certain health insurance plans provide coverage for treatment of mitochondrial disease.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1316--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, KENNEDY, MARCHIONE, ORTT -- 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 directing the New York
state health care quality and cost containment commission to study and
report upon the impact of requiring that certain health insurance
plans provide coverage for treatment of mitochondrial disease
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 213 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
2 subsection (e) to read as follows:
3 (e) The commission shall cause a study to be performed on the impact
4 of requiring certain health insurance plans to provide coverage for
5 treatment of mitochondrial disease. Such study shall include an assess-
6 ment of the impact of such a requirement on costs to providers, the cost
7 of insurance premiums, and the fiscal impact to the state. The commis-
8 sion shall submit a report of the findings, conclusions and recommenda-
9 tion of such study, on or before November thirtieth, two thousand nine-
10 teen, to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
11 speaker of the assembly, the chairs of the senate and assembly insurance
12 committees, and the chairs of the senate and assembly health committees.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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