New York S 1804: Requires insurance coverage for certain inhalers at no cost

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S01804 Summary:

BILL NOS01804A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00128-A

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRADDABBO, GONZALEZ, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires insurance coverage for one rescue and one maintenance inhaler at no cost.

Go to top S01804 Actions:

BILL NOS01804A

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

05/28/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

05/28/2025PRINT NUMBER 1804A

06/04/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1525

06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A128A

&nbspA00128 AMEND=A Gonzalez-Rojas

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to insurance

&nbsp05/23/2025amend (t) and recommit to insurance

&nbsp05/23/2025print number 128a

&nbsp05/28/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/04/2025reported 

&nbsp06/04/2025rules report cal.372

&nbsp06/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.372

&nbsp06/10/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/10/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/10/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S1804A

&nbsp06/10/20253RD READING CAL.1525

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp11/17/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp11/21/2025signed chap.504

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1804--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, ADDABBO, GONZALEZ, JACKSON -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 requiring coverage of
 certain asthma inhalers at no cost

 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 41 to read as follows:
 3 (41) (A) Every policy which provides medical, major medical or similar
 4 comprehensive-type coverage and provides coverage for prescription drugs
 5 shall include coverage for inhalers for the treatment of asthma if
 6 prescribed by a physician or other licensed health care provider legally
 7 authorized to prescribe under title eight of the education law.
 8 (B) Coverage shall be provided for one form of rescue and one form of
 9 maintenance inhaler that shall not be subject to a deductible, copay-
 10 ment, coinsurance or any other cost-sharing requirement.
 11 (C) If the policy is a high deductible health plan as defined in
 12 section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, such coverage
 13 may be subject to the plan's annual deductible if application of this
 14 requirement would result in ineligibility for a health savings account.
 15 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 16 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows:
 17 (23) (A) Every group or blanket accident and health insurance policy
 18 issued or issued for delivery in this state which provides medical,
 19 major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage and provides cover-
 20 age for prescription drugs shall include coverage for inhalers for the
 21 treatment of asthma if prescribed by a physician or other licensed
 22 health care provider legally authorized to prescribe under title eight
 23 of the education law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00983-05-5

 S. 1804--A 2

 1 (B) Coverage shall be provided for one form of rescue and one form of
 2 maintenance inhaler that shall not be subject to a deductible, copay-
 3 ment, coinsurance or any other cost-sharing requirement.
 4 (C) If the policy is a high deductible health plan as defined in
 5 section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, such coverage
 6 may be subject to the plan's annual deductible if application of this
 7 requirement would result in ineligibility for a health savings account.
 8 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by addin