New York S 3304: Requires the New York state health care quality and cost containment commission to issue a report on coverage for chronic Lyme disease

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S03304 Summary:

BILL NOS03304 

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Requires the New York state health care quality and cost containment commission to issue a report considering the impact on health insurance costs and quality of legislation requiring coverage of long term and chronic Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.

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BILL NOS03304 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3304

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 meetings and reports
 of the New York state health care quality and cost containment commis-
 sion

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

 1 Section 1. Section 213 of the insurance law, as added by section 1 of
 2 part L of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 213. New York state health care quality and cost containment commis-
 4 sion. (a) There is hereby established within the department a commis-
 5 sion, to be known as the "New York state health care quality and cost
 6 containment commission". The commission shall consist of thirteen
 7 members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be the superinten-
 8 dent, one of whom shall be the commissioner of health, and six of whom
 9 shall be appointed on the recommendation of the legislative leaders, two
 10 on the recommendation of the temporary president of the senate, two on
 11 the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly, one on the recommen-
 12 dation of the minority leader of the senate, and one on the recommenda-
 13 tion of the minority leader of the assembly. All members shall serve at
 14 the pleasure of the governor, and vacancies shall be appointed in the
 15 same manner as original appointments. Members of the commission shall
 16 serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for reasonable trav-
 17 el expenses. In making appointments to the commission, the governor
 18 shall ensure that the interests of health care consumers, small busi-
 19 nesses, the medical community and health plans are represented on the
 20 commission. The commission shall be required to meet on the first
 21 Monday after the first of January of each calendar year to consider
 22 outstanding requests or duties. Any vacancies shall be deemed waived by
 23 the appointing authority for the purposes of the first meeting. Nothing

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03738-01-5

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 1 in this section shall forfeit the right for an appointment authority to
 2 fill vacancies within their statutorily allowed members.
 3 (b)(1) The purpose of the commission shall be to analyze the impact on
 4 health insurance costs and quality of proposed legislation which would
 5 mandate that health benefits be offered or made available in individual
 6 and group health insurance policies, contracts and comprehensive health
 7 service plans, including legislation that affects the delivery of health
 8 benefits or services or the reimbursement of health care providers.
 9 (2) [The] Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governor,
 10 the chair of the senate insurance committee and the chair of the assem-
 11 bly insurance committee may request in writing that the commission eval-
 12 uate a proposed mandated benefit. Upon receiving such a request, the
 13 commission may, by a majority vote of its members, undertake an evalu-
 14 ation of such proposed mandated benefit.
 15 (3) In evaluating a proposed mandated benefit, the commission shall:
 16 (A) investigate the current practices of health plans with regard to
 17 the proposed mandated benefit, and, to the extent possible, self-funded
 18 health benefit plans;
 19 (B) investigate the