New York S 1001: Relates to including outpatient care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance policies

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S01001 Summary:

BILL NOS01001 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03319

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, JACKSON, PARKER, RIVERA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Relates to including outpatient care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance policies covering care for other mental health services.

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BILL NOS01001 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

05/12/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1341

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A3319

&nbspA03319 AMEND= Bronson (MS)

&nbsp01/27/2025referred to insurance

&nbsp02/24/2025reported 

&nbsp02/27/2025advanced to third reading cal.38

&nbsp03/19/2025passed assembly

&nbsp03/19/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp03/19/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

&nbsp06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S1001

&nbsp06/10/20253RD READING CAL.1341

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025vetoed memo.124

&nbsp12/19/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1001

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, FERNANDEZ, PARKER, RIVERA, SKOUFIS, WEBB --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to including outpatient
 care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance poli-
 cies

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

 1 Section 1. Item (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 35 of subsection
 2 (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 62 of
 3 the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (ii) where the policy provides coverage for physician services, such
 5 policy shall include benefits for outpatient care provided by a psychia-
 6 trist or psychologist licensed to practice in this state, a licensed
 7 clinical social worker within the lawful scope of [his or her] such
 8 licensed clinical social worker's practice, who is licensed pursuant to
 9 article one hundred fifty-four of the education law, a mental health
 10 counselor, marriage and family therapist, creative arts therapist, or
 11 psychoanalyst licensed pursuant to article one hundred sixty-three of
 12 the education law, a nurse practitioner licensed to practice in this
 13 state, or a professional corporation or university faculty practice
 14 corporation thereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to modify or
 15 expand the scope of practice of a mental health counselor, marriage and
 16 family therapist, creative arts therapist, or psychoanalyst licensed
 17 pursuant to article one hundred sixty-three of the education law.
 18 Further, nothing herein shall be construed to create a new mandated
 19 health benefit.
 20 § 2. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 4 of subsection (l) of section 3221
 21 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 2023, is
 22 amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00410-01-5

 S. 1001 2

 1 (A) Every insurer delivering a group policy or issuing a group policy
 2 for delivery, in this state, that provides reimbursement for psychiatric
 3 or psychological services or for the diagnosis and treatment of mental
 4 health conditions, however defined in such policy, by physicians,
 5 psychiatrists or psychologists, shall provide the same coverage to
 6 insureds for such services when performed by a licensed clinical social
 7 worker, within the lawful scope of [his or her] such licensed clinical
 8 social worker's practice, who is licensed pursuant to article one
 9 hundred fifty-four of the education law and mental health counselors,
 10 marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists, and psychoana-
 11 lysts licensed pursuant to article o