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A00021 Summary:

BILL NOA00021 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMagnarelli

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COSPNSRJones, Cook, Colton, Simon, Barrett, De Los Santos, Raga, Burdick, Eachus

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires insurance policies to provide coverage for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous or emotional disorders or ailments; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOA00021 

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01/08/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 21

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, JONES, COOK, COLTON, SIMON, BARRETT,
 DE LOS SANTOS, RAGA, BURDICK, EACHUS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for children
 for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous
 or emotional disorders or ailments

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

 1 Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 40 to read as follows:
 3 (40) (A) Every policy that provides medical, major medical or similar
 4 comprehensive-type coverage, shall provide coverage for children for
 5 services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous or
 6 emotional disorders or ailments, including but not limited to biologi-
 7 cally based mental illnesses and children with serious emotional
 8 disturbances, in a psychiatric center under the jurisdiction of the
 9 office of mental health or other psychiatric in-patient facility in the
 10 department, and a psychiatric in-patient facility maintained by a poli-
 11 tical subdivision of the state for the care or treatment of the mentally
 12 ill. Coverage required under this paragraph must be at least equal to
 13 coverage provided in such policy for the diagnosis and treatment of
 14 mental, nervous or emotional disorders or ailments with no additional
 15 cost sharing.
 16 (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "children" shall mean
 17 any person under the age of eighteen years.
 18 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 19 adding a new paragraph 5-a to read as follows:
 20 (5-a) (A) Every policy that provides medical, major medical or similar
 21 comprehensive-type coverage, shall provide coverage for children for
 22 services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00321-01-5

 A. 21 2

 1 emotional disorders or ailments, including but not limited to biologi-
 2 cally based mental illnesses and children with serious emotional
 3 disturbances, in a psychiatric center under the jurisdiction of the
 4 office of mental health or other psychiatric in-patient facility in the
 5 department, and a psychiatric in-patient facility maintained by a poli-
 6 tical subdivision of the state for the care or treatment of the mentally
 7 ill. Coverage required under this paragraph must be at least equal to
 8 coverage provided in such policy for the diagnosis and treatment of
 9 mental, nervous or emotional disorders or ailments with no additional
 10 cost sharing.
 11 (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "children" shall mean
 12 any person under the age of eighteen years.
 13 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 14 subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
 15 (g-1) (1) Every contract that provides medical, major medical or simi-
 16 lar comprehensive-type coverage, shall provide coverage for children for
 17 services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental, nervous or
 18 emotional disorders or ailments, including but not limited to biologi-
 19 cally based mental illnesses and children with serious emotional
 20 disturbances, in a psychiatric center under the jurisdiction of the
 21 office of mental hea