New York A 1158: Includes second degree relatives in certain criteria for breast cancer screenings to be covered under insurance plans

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A01158 Summary:

BILL NOA01158A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04850

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SPONSORSeawright

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COSPNSRColton, Gallagher, Gonzalez-Rojas, Simon, Hyndman

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Provides that individuals may receive breast cancer screenings under an insurance plan when such individual has a second degree relative with a prior history of breast cancer.

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BILL NOA01158A

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01/09/2025referred to insurance

02/18/2025amend and recommit to insurance

02/18/2025print number 1158a

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1158--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, COLTON, GALLAGHER, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 SIMON, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred 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, in relation to including second
 degree relatives in certain criteria for breast cancer screenings to
 be covered under insurance plans

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

 1 Section 1. Item (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection
 2 (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 414 of
 3 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) upon the recommendation of a physician, a mammogram, which may be
 5 provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having
 6 a prior history of breast cancer or who have a first or second degree
 7 relative with a prior history of breast cancer;
 8 § 1-a. Item (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (i)
 9 of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 424 of the
 10 laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 11 (i) upon the recommendation of a physician, a mammogram, which may be
 12 provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having
 13 a prior history of breast cancer or who have a first or second degree
 14 relative with a prior history of breast cancer;
 15 § 2. Item (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (l) of
 16 section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 143 of the laws
 17 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 18 (i) upon the recommendation of a physician, a mammogram, which may be
 19 provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having
 20 a prior history of breast cancer or who have a first or second degree
 21 relative with a prior history of breast cancer;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03149-03-5

 A. 1158--A 2

 1 § 2-a. Item (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (l)
 2 of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 424 of the
 3 laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) upon the recommendation of a physician, a mammogram, which may be
 5 provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having
 6 a prior history of breast cancer or who have a first or second degree
 7 relative with a prior history of breast cancer;
 8 § 3. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 1 of subsection (p) of section 4303
 9 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 414 of the laws of 2017, is
 10 amended to read as follows:
 11 (A) upon the recommendation of a physician, a mammogram, which may be
 12 provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having
 13 a prior history of breast cancer or who have a first or second degree
 14 relative with a prior history of breast cancer;
 15 § 3-a. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 1 of subsection (p) of section
 16 4303 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of
 17 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 18 (A) upon the recommendation of a physician, a mammogram, which may be
 19 provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having
 20 a prior history of breast cancer or who have a first or second degree
 21 relati