New York A 4693: Requires health insurance coverage for substance use disorder treatment services

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A04693 Summary:

BILL NOA04693 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSempolinski

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COSPNSRBendett, Blankenbush

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires health insurance coverage for substance use disorder treatment services.

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BILL NOA04693 

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02/04/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4693

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEMPOLINSKI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring health
 insurance coverage for substance use disorder treatment services

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 30 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the
 2 insurance law, as amended by section 5 of subpart A of part BB of chap-
 3 ter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (H)
 4 to read as follows:
 5 (H) Coverage provided under this paragraph for detoxification, shall
 6 be at a minimum, seven days. Rehabilitation services shall be, at a
 7 minimum, thirty days.
 8 § 2. Paragraph 31 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance
 9 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (K) to read as follows:
 10 (K) Coverage provided under this paragraph for detoxification, shall
 11 be at a minimum, seven days. Rehabilitation services shall be, at a
 12 minimum, thirty days.
 13 § 3. Paragraph 6 of subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance
 14 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (H) to read as follows:
 15 (H) Coverage provided under this paragraph for detoxification, shall
 16 be at a minimum, seven days. Rehabilitation services shall be, at a
 17 minimum, thirty days.
 18 § 4. Paragraph 7 of subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance
 19 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (K) to read as follows:
 20 (K) Coverage provided under this paragraph for detoxification, shall
 21 be at a minimum, seven days. Rehabilitation services shall be, at a
 22 minimum, thirty days.
 23 § 5. Subsection (k) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
 24 adding a new paragraph 8 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07530-01-5

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 1 (8) Coverage provided under this subsection for detoxification, shall
 2 be at a minimum, seven days. Rehabilitation services shall be, at a
 3 minimum, thirty days.
 4 § 6. Subsection (l) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
 5 adding a new paragraph 11 to read as follows:
 6 (11) Coverage provided under this subsection for detoxification, shall
 7 be at a minimum, seven days. Rehabilitation services shall be, at a
 8 minimum, thirty days.
 9 § 7. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 10 have become a law.

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