New York S 2704: Requires insurance coverage for home test kits for sexually transmitted diseases

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S02704 Summary:

BILL NOS02704 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRMYRIE

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires health insurance coverage for home test kits for sexually transmitted diseases.

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BILL NOS02704 

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2704

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insur-
 ance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring health
 insurance coverage for home test kits for sexually transmitted
 diseases

 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 40 to read as follows:
 3 (40) Every policy which provides hospital, surgical or medical cover-
 4 age or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or reimbursement for
 5 diagnostic X-ray services shall provide coverage for home test kits for
 6 sexually transmitted diseases. For purposes of this paragraph, "home
 7 test kit" means a product used for a test recommended by the federal
 8 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines or the United
 9 States Preventive Services Task Force, that has been Clinical Laboratory
 10 Improvement Amendments of 1988-waived, cleared or approved by the United
 11 States Food and Drug Administration, or developed by a laboratory in
 12 accordance with established regulations and quality standards, to allow
 13 individuals to self-collect specimens for sexually transmitted diseases,
 14 including HIV, remotely at a location outside of a clinical setting.
 15 § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 16 adding a new paragraph 24 to read as follows:
 17 (24) Every policy which provides hospital, surgical or medical cover-
 18 age or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or reimbursement for
 19 diagnostic X-ray services shall provide coverage for home test kits for
 20 sexually transmitted diseases. For purposes of this paragraph, "home
 21 test kit" means a product used for a test recommended by the federal
 22 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines or the United
 23 States Preventive Services Task Force, that has been Clinical Laboratory

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06143-01-5

 S. 2704 2

 1 Improvement Amendments of 1988-waived, cleared or approved by the United
 2 States Food and Drug Administration, or developed by a laboratory in
 3 accordance with established regulations and quality standards, to allow
 4 individuals to self-collect specimens for sexually transmitted diseases,
 5 including HIV, remotely at a location outside of a clinical setting.
 6 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 7 subsection (ww) to read as follows:
 8 (ww) Every policy which provides hospital, surgical or medical cover-
 9 age or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or reimbursement for
 10 diagnostic X-ray services shall provide coverage for home test kits for
 11 sexually transmitted diseases. For purposes of this subsection, "home
 12 test kit" means a product used for a test recommended by the federal
 13 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines or the United
 14 States Preventive Services Task Force, that has been Clinical Laboratory
 15 Improvement Amendments of 1988-waived, cleared or approved by the United
 16 States Food and Drug Administration, or developed by a laboratory in
 17 accordance with established regulations and quality standards, to allow
 18 individuals to self-collect specimens for sexually transmitted diseases,
 19 including HIV, remotely at a location outside of a clinical setting.
 20 § 4. This act shall take effect on the nineti