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S00556 Summary:

BILL NOS00556 

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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Amd §§4303, 3216 & 3221, Ins L

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Requires that medicaid and health insurance plans provide coverage for costs of prescription smoking cessation treatment that is ordered by a physician; establishes a coverage limit for each covered individual.

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BILL NOS00556 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 556

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- 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 coverage for treatment
 of smoking cessation

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

 1 Section 1. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
 2 new subsection (ww) to read as follows:
 3 (ww) A hospital service corporation or a health service corporation
 4 which provides group, group remittance or school blanket coverage for
 5 inpatient hospital care shall provide coverage for costs of any FDA
 6 approved smoking cessation medication and recommended counseling that is
 7 ordered by a physician. Such coverage may be limited to two quit
 8 attempts per year. Each quit attempt will include ninety days of any FDA
 9 approved cessation medications and four counseling sessions without
 10 cost-sharing or prior authorization. This provision shall not apply to a
 11 contract issued pursuant to section four thousand three hundred five of
 12 this article which covers persons employed in more than one state or the
 13 benefit structure of which was the subject of collective bargaining
 14 affecting persons who are employed in more than one state. Such coverage
 15 may be subject to annual deductibles and co-insurance as may be deemed
 16 appropriate by the superintendent and are consistent with those imposed
 17 on other benefits within a given policy. Such coverage shall not
 18 replace, restrict or eliminate existing coverage provided by the policy.
 19 § 2. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by
 20 adding a new paragraph 40 to read as follows:
 21 (40) Every policy shall provide coverage for costs of any FDA approved
 22 smoking cessation medication and recommended counseling that is ordered
 23 by a physician. Such coverage may be limited to two quit attempts per
 24 year. Each quit attempt will include ninety days of any FDA approved

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01728-01-5

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 1 cessation medications and four counseling sessions without cost-sharing
 2 or prior authorization.
 3 § 3. Subsection (1) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 4 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows:
 5 (23) Every group or blanket policy delivered or issued for delivery in
 6 this state which provides hospital, surgical or medical coverage shall
 7 provide coverage for costs of any FDA approved smoking cessation medica-
 8 tion and recommended counseling that is ordered by a physician. Such
 9 coverage may be limited to two quit attempts per year. Each quit attempt
 10 will include ninety days of any FDA approved cessation medications and
 11 four counseling sessions without cost-sharing or prior authorization.
 12 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 13 it shall have become a law and shall apply to all policies and contracts
 14 issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such date.
 15 Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 16 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 17 tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 18 date.

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