New York S 2164: Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances

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S02164 Summary:

BILL NOS02164 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03645

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRHINCHEY, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires health insurance policies to include coverage of optional anesthesia for certain contraceptive and menstrual health procedures including, but not limited to, loop electrosurgical excision procedure, colposcopy, ablation, and intrauterine device insertion.

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BILL NOS02164 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2164

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MAY, HINCHEY, SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 requiring health
 insurance policies to include coverage of optional anesthesia for
 certain contraceptive and menstrual health procedures

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

 1 Section 1. Clause (v) of subparagraph (E) of paragraph 17 of
 2 subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by
 3 section 3 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 4 read as follows:
 5 (v) all FDA-approved menstrual health procedures and contraceptive
 6 drugs, devices, and other products, including all over-the-counter
 7 contraceptive drugs, devices, and products as prescribed or as otherwise
 8 authorized under state or federal law; voluntary sterilization proce-
 9 dures pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 18022 and identified in the comprehensive
 10 guidelines supported by the health resources and services administration
 11 and thereby incorporated in the essential health benefits benchmark
 12 plan; patient education and counseling on contraception; and follow-up
 13 services related to the drugs, devices, products, and procedures covered
 14 under this clause, including, but not limited to, management of side
 15 effects, counseling for continued adherence, and device insertion and
 16 removal. Except as otherwise authorized under this clause, a contract
 17 shall not impose any restrictions or delays on the coverage required
 18 under this clause. However, where the FDA has approved one or more
 19 therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent, as defined by the FDA,
 20 versions of a contraceptive drug, device, or product, a contract is not
 21 required to include all such therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent
 22 versions in its formulary, so long as at least one is included and
 23 covered without cost-sharing and in accordance with this clause. If the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01380-01-5

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 1 covered therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions of a drug,
 2 device, or product are not available or are deemed medically inadvisable
 3 a contract shall provide coverage for an alternate therapeutic and phar-
 4 maceutical equivalent version of the contraceptive drug, device, or
 5 product without cost-sharing. (a) This coverage shall include emergency
 6 contraception without cost sharing when provided pursuant to a
 7 prescription, or order under section sixty-eight hundred thirty-one of
 8 the education law or when lawfully provided over-the-counter. (b) If the
 9 attending health care provider, in [his or her] their reasonable profes-
 10 sional judgment, determines that the use of a non-covered therapeutic or
 11 pharmaceutical equivalent of a drug, device, or product is warranted,
 12 the health care provider's determination shall be final. The superinten-
 13 dent shall promulgate regulations establishing a process, including
 14 timeframes, for an insured, an insured's designee or an insured's health
 15 care provider to request coverage of a non-covered contraceptive drug,
 16 device, or product. Such regulations shall include a requirement that
 17 insurers use an exception for