New York S 1792: Requires insurance companies to provide at least ninety days of rehabilitation services to an insured upon a doctor's prescription

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S01792 Summary:

BILL NOS01792 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02037

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires insurance companies to provide at least ninety days of rehabilitation services to an insured upon a doctor's prescription.

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1792

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage for
 substance abuse disorder services

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 30 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the
 2 insurance law, as amended by section 5 of subpart A of part BB of chap-
 3 ter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended by adding a new subparagraph (H)
 4 to read as follows:
 5 (H) A policy providing coverage under this paragraph shall include
 6 coverage for at least ninety days at a rehabilitation facility;
 7 provided, however, that any stay in a rehabilitation facility required
 8 to be covered pursuant to this paragraph shall require the referral of a
 9 doctor.
 10 § 2. Paragraph 6 of subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance
 11 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (H) to read as follows:
 12 (H) A policy providing coverage under this paragraph shall include
 13 coverage for at least ninety days at a rehabilitation facility;
 14 provided, however, that any stay in a rehabilitation facility required
 15 to be covered pursuant to this paragraph shall require the referral of a
 16 doctor.
 17 § 3. Subsection (k) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
 18 adding a new paragraph 8 to read as follows:
 19 (8) A policy providing coverage under this subsection shall include
 20 coverage for at least ninety days at a rehabilitation facility;
 21 provided, however, that any stay in a rehabilitation facility required
 22 to be covered pursuant to this subsection shall require the referral of
 23 a doctor.
 24 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 25 have become a law and shall apply to any policy issued, amended, or
 26 renewed on and after such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03675-01-5

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