New York S 8550: Updates school concussion management and response protocols and increases concussion data collection and reporting

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S08550 Summary:

BILL NOS08550 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWEIK

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COSPNSRRHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

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Requires certain health insurance plans cover electrocardiograms for adults and children who have received a coronavirus vaccine regardless of family history of heart disease or conditions.

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BILL NOS08550 

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10/24/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8550

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 October 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in
 relation to requiring certain health insurance plans cover electrocar-
 diograms for adults and children who have received a coronavirus
 vaccine

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

 1 Section 1. Items (iii), (iv) and (v) of subparagraph (E) of paragraph
 2 17 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, items (iii)
 3 and (iv) as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011 and item (v) as
 4 amended by section 3 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, are
 5 amended and a new item (vi) is added to read as follows:
 6 (iii) with respect to children, including infants and adolescents,
 7 evidence-informed preventive care and screenings provided for in compre-
 8 hensive guidelines supported by the health resources and services admin-
 9 istration; [and]
 10 (iv) with respect to women, such additional preventive care and
 11 screenings not described in item (i) of this subparagraph and as
 12 provided for in comprehensive guidelines supported by the health
 13 resources and services administration[.];
 14 (v) all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products,
 15 including all over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, devices, and
 16 products as prescribed or as otherwise authorized under state or federal
 17 law; voluntary sterilization procedures pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 18022 and
 18 identified in the comprehensive guidelines supported by the health
 19 resources and services administration and thereby incorporated in the
 20 essential health benefits benchmark plan; patient education and coun-
 21 seling on contraception; and follow-up services related to the drugs,
 22 devices, products, and procedures covered under this [clause] item,
 23 including, but not limited to, management of side effects, counseling

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13556-02-5

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 1 for continued adherence, and device insertion and removal. Except as
 2 otherwise authorized under this [clause] item, a contract shall not
 3 impose any restrictions or delays on the coverage required under this
 4 [clause] item. However, where the FDA has approved one or more therapeu-
 5 tic and pharmaceutical equivalent, as defined by the FDA, versions of a
 6 contraceptive drug, device, or product, a contract is not required to
 7 include all such therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions in
 8 its formulary, so long as at least one is included and covered without
 9 cost-sharing and in accordance with this [clause] item. If the covered
 10 therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions of a drug, device, or
 11 product are not available or are deemed medically inadvisable a contract
 12 shall provide coverage for an alternate therapeutic and pharmaceutical
 13 equivalent version of the contraceptive drug, device, or product without
 14 cost-sharing. (a) This coverage shall include emergency contraception
 15 without cost sharing when provided pursuant to a prescription, or order
 16 under section sixty-eight hundred thirty-one of the education law or
 17 when lawfully provided over-the-counter. (b) If the attending health
 18 care provider, in [his or her] such provider's reasonable professional
 19 judgment