New York S 8592: Relates to establishing a New York business COVID-19 modification grant program

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S08592 Summary:

BILL NOS08592A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06923-A

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SPONSORSUTTON

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CHAN, CLEARE, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires health insurance plans to provide coverage for continuous blood glucose monitors for all children; requires coverage for glucose monitoring devices for all sugar disorders.

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BILL NOS08592A

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11/26/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

02/04/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

02/04/2026PRINT NUMBER 8592A

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1382

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/03/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8592--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 November 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring health
 insurance plans to provide coverage for continuous blood glucose moni-
 tors for all children

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 15-a of subsection (i) of
 2 section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 338 of the laws
 3 of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (A) Every policy which provides medical coverage that includes cover-
 5 age for physician services in a physician's office and every policy
 6 which provides major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage
 7 shall include coverage for the following equipment and supplies for the
 8 treatment of diabetes and other sugar disorders, if recommended or
 9 prescribed by a physician or other licensed health care provider legally
 10 authorized to prescribe under title eight of the education law, regard-
 11 less of the patient's age: blood glucose monitors and blood glucose
 12 monitors for the visually impaired, continuous blood glucose monitors,
 13 including but not limited to those covered by the state's preferred
 14 diabetic supply program, data management systems, test strips for
 15 glucose monitors and visual reading and urine testing strips, insulin,
 16 injection aids, cartridges for the visually impaired, syringes, insulin
 17 pumps and appurtenances thereto, insulin infusion devices, and oral
 18 agents for controlling blood sugar. In addition, the commissioner of the
 19 department of health shall provide and periodically update by rule or
 20 regulation a list of additional diabetes equipment and related supplies
 21 such as are medically necessary for the treatment of diabetes, for which

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10846-03-6

 S. 8592--A 2

 1 there shall also be coverage. Such policies shall also include coverage
 2 for diabetes self-management education to ensure that persons with
 3 diabetes are educated as to the proper self-management and treatment of
 4 their diabetic condition, including information on proper diets. Such
 5 coverage for self-management education and education relating to diet
 6 shall be limited to visits medically necessary upon the diagnosis of
 7 diabetes, where a physician diagnoses a significant change in the
 8 patient's symptoms or conditions which necessitate changes in a
 9 patient's self-management, or where reeducation or refresher education
 10 is necessary. Such education may be provided by the physician or other
 11 licensed health care provider legally authorized to prescribe under
 12 title eight of the education law, or their staff, as part of an office
 13 visit for diabetes diagnosis or treatment, or by a certified diabetes
 14 nurse educator, certified nutritioni