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A08839 Summary:

BILL NOA08839 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08426-A

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRSteck, Levenberg, Brown K, Reyes, Meeks, Dinowitz, Jackson, Kay, Tapia, Santabarbara, Shimsky,
 Wright, Cook, Chandler-Waterman, De Los Santos, Bronson, Cruz

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Prevents discrimination by insurers based on an individual's mental health or substance use disorder; incorporates into law federal enforcement rules set forth in the federal mental health parity and addiction equity act of 2008.

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BILL NOA08839 

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06/09/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8839

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to preventing discrimi-
 nation by insurers based on an individual's mental health or substance
 use disorder

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

 1 Section 1. Section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
 2 new subsection (n) to read as follows:
 3 (n) (1) Every insurer issuing a policy delivered or issued for deliv-
 4 ery in this state that provides coverage for any mental health or
 5 substance use disorder services shall:
 6 (A) comply with the requirements of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domen-
 7 ici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and its imple-
 8 menting regulations; and
 9 (B) not discriminate in its plan benefit design or application against
 10 individuals because of their history of present, or predicted mental
 11 health or substance use disorder.
 12 (2) The commissioner of mental health shall promulgate rules and regu-
 13 lations to incorporate the regulatory requirements related to the Mental
 14 Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act at 89 Fed. Reg. 77735 through 89
 15 Fed. Reg. 77751, as found on September twenty-third, two thousand twen-
 16 ty-four, in their entirety, in relation to the provisions of this
 17 subsection.
 18 (3) Data collected pursuant to section three hundred forty-three of
 19 this chapter, and any other data requested by the superintendent, may be
 20 used to assess compliance with the requirements of paragraph one of this
 21 subsection.
 22 (4) If an insurer provides any benefits for a mental health or
 23 substance use disorder in any classification of benefits, it shall
 24 provide meaningful benefits for such mental health or substance use

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13210-01-5

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 1 disorder in every classification in which medical or surgical benefits
 2 are provided. "Core treatments" means standard treatments or courses of
 3 treatment, therapy, service, or intervention indicated by generally
 4 accepted standards of mental health or substance use disorder care. For
 5 purposes of this paragraph, whether the benefits provided are considered
 6 "meaningful benefits" shall be determined in comparison to the benefits
 7 provided for medical conditions and surgical procedures in the classi-
 8 fication and shall require, at a minimum, coverage of benefits for that
 9 condition or disorder in each classification in which the insurer
 10 provides benefits for one or more medical conditions or surgical proce-
 11 dures. An insurer does not provide meaningful benefits under this
 12 subsection unless it provides benefits for core treatments for that
 13 condition or disorder in each classification in which the insurer
 14 provides benefits for core treatments for one or more medical conditions
 15 or surgical procedures. If there is no core treatment for a covered
 16 mental health or substance use disorder with respect to a classifica-
 17 tion, the insurer shall not be required to provide benefits for core
 18 treatments for such condition or disorder in that classification, but
 19 shall provide benefits fo