New York A 2129: Provides for the reimbursement for certain corrective lenses

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A02129 Summary:

BILL NOA02129 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Provides that group health insurance policies offered in the large group market that is issued, amended, or renewed in this state shall provide coverage for corrective lenses used to correct the sight of individuals medically diagnosed with color vision deficiency.

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BILL NOA02129 

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01/15/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2129

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing reimburse-
 ment for certain corrective lenses used to correct color vision defi-
 ciency

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

 1 Section 1. Section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
 2 new subsection (v) to read as follows:
 3 (v) (1) Every group health insurance policy offered in the large group
 4 market that is issued, amended, or renewed in this state shall provide
 5 coverage for corrective lenses used to correct the sight of individuals
 6 medically diagnosed with color vision deficiency.
 7 (2) An insured person shall be entitled to reimbursement of up to four
 8 hundred dollars every thirty-six months for expenses related to the
 9 purchase of up to one pair of corrective lenses.
 10 (3) The insured person may choose corrective lenses exceeding the
 11 amount of coverage required by this section and shall be liable for the
 12 difference in cost. Reimbursement shall be provided according to the
 13 respective principles and policies of the health insurance plan and may
 14 include such policy provisions as deductibles, coinsurance, allowable
 15 charge limitations, and coordination of benefits.
 16 (4) For the purposes of this subsection, "corrective lenses" shall
 17 mean any lens, including contact lenses, glasses or spectacles, worn in
 18 front of the eye to correct the sight of individuals medically diagnosed
 19 with color vision deficiency.
 20 § 2. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 21 subsection (ww) to read as follows:
 22 (ww) (1) A group contract issued, amended, or renewed pursuant to this
 23 section offered in the large group market shall provide coverage for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02000-01-5

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 1 corrective lenses used to correct the sight of individuals medically
 2 diagnosed with color vision deficiency.
 3 (2) An insured person shall be entitled to reimbursement of up to four
 4 hundred dollars every thirty-six months for expenses related to the
 5 purchase of up to one pair of corrective lenses.
 6 (3) The insured person may choose corrective lenses exceeding the
 7 amount of coverage required by this section and shall be liable for the
 8 difference in cost. Reimbursement shall be provided according to the
 9 respective principles and policies of the health insurance plan and may
 10 include such policy provisions as deductibles, coinsurance, allowable
 11 charge limitations, and coordination of benefits.
 12 (4) For the purposes of this subsection, "corrective lenses" shall
 13 mean any lens, including contact lenses, glasses or spectacles, worn in
 14 front of the eye to correct the sight of individuals medically diagnosed
 15 with color vision deficiency.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

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