New York S 7987: Relates to the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program

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S07987 Summary:

BILL NOS07987A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07944-A

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRFAHY, HARCKHAM, RIVERA, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; add §§4406-j & 2404-e, Pub Health L

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Ensures continuity of care for cancer patients during insurance contract negotiations by requiring insurance coverage and treatment continue until the conclusion of care.

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BILL NOS07987A

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

08/08/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

08/08/2025PRINT NUMBER 7987A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7987--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
 to ensuring continuity of care for cancer patients during insurance
 contract negotiations

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Continuity
 2 of Cancer Care Act" or the "COCCA".
 3 § 2. Section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 4 subsection (n) to read as follows:
 5 (n) (1) For the purpose of this subsection:
 6 (A) "course of treatment" shall mean that the treatment protocol aimed
 7 at combating the insured's cancer has been administered and the insured
 8 is clinically stable. Additionally, follow-up appointments/care for up
 9 to ninety days after the insured is found to be clinically stable shall
 10 also be considered part of the insured's course of treatment.
 11 (B) "clinical stability" shall mean ninety days have passed since the
 12 treatment has been fully administered and: (i) the insured shows the
 13 intended result from their treatment protocol without complications that
 14 would require ongoing management by the provider's physicians; or (ii)
 15 the insured is receiving maintenance treatment to control the cancer
 16 from reoccurring.
 17 (2) An insurer shall, where an insured is receiving treatment for
 18 cancer at a hospital, doctor's office or any other provider that
 19 provides oncology treatment which such insurer was covering in whole or
 20 in part and such insurer and such provider cannot come to an agreement
 21 during contract negotiations, continue to cover such treatments, at the
 22 rate payable under the prior contract, for such insured until the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10785-03-5

 S. 7987--A 2

 1 conclusion of such insured's entire course of treatment and the individ-
 2 ual is found to be clinically stable, provided that the rate payable
 3 under the prior contract shall be adjusted by the applicable Medicare
 4 Economic Index minus one percentage point applied to payment rates at
 5 the start of the next calendar year, and for each succeeding calendar
 6 year, for individuals that are continuing to receive treatment pursuant
 7 to this provision.
 8 § 3. Section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 9 subsection (v) to read as follows:
 10 (v) (1) For the purpose of this subsection:
 11 (A) "course of treatment" shall mean that the treatment protocol aimed
 12 at combating the insured's cancer has been administered and the insured
 13 is clinically stable. Additionally, follow-up appointments/care for up
 14 to ninety days after the insured is found to be clinically stable shall
 15 also be considered part of the insured's course of treatment.
 16 (B) "clinical stability" shall mean ninety days have passed since the
 17 treatment has been fully administered and: (i) the insured shows the
 18 intended result from their treatment protocol without complications that
 19 would require ongoing management by the provider's physicians; or (ii)
 20 the insured