New York A 2695: Requires certain health insurance plans cover annual electrocardiograms for covered children under the age of nineteen

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A02695 Summary:

BILL NOA02695 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDurso

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COSPNSRAngelino, Brown E, Sempolinski, Yeger, McDonough, Novakhov, Tague, Maher, DeStefano, Cunningham,
 Gandolfo, Manktelow

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MLTSPNSRPalmesano

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

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Requires certain health insurance plans cover annual electrocardiograms for covered children under the age of nineteen.

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BILL NOA02695 

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01/22/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2695

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in
 relation to requiring certain health insurance plans cover annual
 electrocardiograms for covered children under the age of nineteen

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

 1 Section 1. Clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 17
 2 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by
 3 chapter 219 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new clause (iv) is
 4 added to read as follows:
 5 (ii) at each visit, services in accordance with the prevailing clin-
 6 ical standards of such designated association, including a medical
 7 history, a complete physical examination, developmental assessment,
 8 anticipatory guidance, appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests
 9 which tests are ordered at the time of the visit and performed in the
 10 practitioner's office, as authorized by law, or in a clinical laborato-
 11 ry; [and]
 12 (iii) necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
 13 consultation with the commissioner of health, consisting of at least
 14 adequate dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
 15 polio, measles, rubella, mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepa-
 16 titis b, which meet the standards approved by the United States public
 17 health service for such biological products[.]; and
 18 (iv) an electrocardiogram test and an interpretation of the results of
 19 such test at least once annually and with greater frequency if ordered
 20 by a physician or other licensed professional whose scope of practice
 21 under title eight of the education law provides the authority to admin-
 22 ister such a test, in accordance with prevailing clinical standards.
 23 § 2. Clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 8 of
 24 subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chap-
 25 ter 219 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new clause (iv) is added
 26 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05728-01-5

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 1 (ii) at each visit, services in accordance with the prevailing clin-
 2 ical standards of such designated association, including a medical
 3 history, a complete physical examination, developmental assessment,
 4 anticipatory guidance, appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests
 5 which tests are ordered at the time of the visit and performed in the
 6 practitioner's office, as authorized by law, or in a clinical laborato-
 7 ry; [and]
 8 (iii) necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
 9 consultation with the commissioner of health, consisting of at least
 10 adequate dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
 11 polio, measles, rubella, mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepa-
 12 titis b, which meet the standards approved by the United States public
 13 health service for such biological products[.]; and
 14 (iv) an electrocardiogram test and an interpretation of the results of
 15 such test at least once annually and with greater frequency if ordered
 16 by a physician or other licensed professional whose scope of practice
 17 under title eight of the education law provides the authority to admin-
 18 ister