New York S 6862: Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens

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S06862 Summary:

BILL NOS06862 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSRMURRAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §§3 & 201, Work Comp L

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Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens.

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BILL NOS06862 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6862

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the workers' compensation law, in
 relation to coverage of long term medical care for Lyme disease and
 other tick borne related pathogens

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

 1 Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 41 to read as follows:
 3 (41) Every insurer issuing a policy of accident and health insurance
 4 for delivery in this state shall provide coverage for all costs for
 5 treatment of Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) and other tick borne
 6 related pathogens. Such treatment shall include not less than thirty
 7 days of intravenous antibiotic therapy, sixty days of oral antibiotic
 8 therapy, or both, and shall provide further treatment if recommended by
 9 a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state of New York.
 10 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 11 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows:
 12 (23) Every group or blanket policy delivered or issued for delivery in
 13 this state which provides hospital, surgical or medical coverage shall
 14 provide coverage for all costs for treatment of Lyme disease (Lyme
 15 borreliosis) and other tick borne related pathogens. Such treatment
 16 shall include not less than thirty days of intravenous antibiotic thera-
 17 py, sixty days of oral antibiotic therapy, or both, and shall provide
 18 further treatment if recommended by a physician licensed to practice
 19 medicine in the state of New York.
 20 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 21 subsection (ww) to read as follows:
 22 (ww) Every medical expense indemnity corporation, hospital service
 23 corporation and health service corporation which provides coverage for
 24 medical, surgical or major medical care shall provide coverage for all

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09446-02-5

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 1 costs for treatment of Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) and other tick
 2 borne related pathogens. Such treatment shall include not less than
 3 thirty days of intravenous antibiotic therapy, sixty days of oral anti-
 4 biotic therapy, or both, and shall provide further treatment if recom-
 5 mended by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state of New
 6 York.
 7 § 4. Paragraph 30 of subdivision 2 of section 3 of the workers'
 8 compensation law, as renumbered by chapter 665 of the laws of 1971, is
 9 renumbered paragraph 31 and a new paragraph 30 is added to read as
 10 follows:
 11 30. Lyme disease 30. Any process involving
 12 (Lyme borreliosis) outdoor activity or
 13 and other tick borne treatment of animals.
 14 related pathogens.
 15 § 5. The closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 3 of the work-
 16 ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 666 of the laws of 1971, is
 17 amended to read as follows:
 18 Nothing in paragraph [thirty] thirty-one of this subdivision shall be
 19 construed to apply to any disability or death due to any disease
 20 described in paragraph twenty-nine of this subdivision.
 21 § 6. Subdivision 9 of section 201 of the workers' compensation law is
 22 amended by adding a new paragraph C to read as follows:
 23 C. "Disability" also includes disability caused by or in connection
 24 with Lyme diseas