New York S 756: Requires insurance contracts to cover neuropsychological examinations for dyslexia

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S00756 Summary:

BILL NOS00756 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00419

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L (as proposed in S.5481-A & A.2898-A)

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Requires insurance contracts to cover neuropsychological examinations for dyslexia when performed by a health care professional licensed, certified, or authorized pursuant to title eight of the education law and acting within their scope of practice.

Go to top S00756 Actions:

BILL NOS00756 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.31

02/03/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A419

&nbspA00419 AMEND= Carroll R

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to insurance

&nbsp01/28/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/28/2025reported 

&nbsp01/28/2025rules report cal.64

&nbsp01/28/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.64

&nbsp02/03/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/03/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp02/03/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/03/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S756

&nbsp02/03/20253RD READING CAL.31

&nbsp02/03/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/03/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.8

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 756

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring certain
 insurance policies to cover neuropsychological exams for dyslexia

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 39 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the
 2 insurance law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
 3 insurance law relating to requiring certain insurance policies to cover
 4 neuropsychological exams for dyslexia, as proposed in legislative bills
 5 numbers S. 5481-A and A. 2898-A, is amended to read as follows:
 6 [(39)] (40) (A) Every policy that provides coverage for physician
 7 services, medical, major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage
 8 shall, upon the referral of a physician, provide coverage for [testing]
 9 comprehensive neuropsychological examinations for [suspected] dyslexia
 10 when performed by a health care professional licensed, certified, or
 11 authorized pursuant to title eight of the education law and acting with-
 12 in their scope of practice and in accordance with this paragraph and
 13 shall not exclude coverage for the screening, diagnosis or treatment of
 14 medical conditions otherwise covered by the policy.
 15 (B) [Coverage shall include comprehensive neuropsychological examina-
 16 tions for the purposes of diagnosing dyslexia and determining the
 17 psychological, emotional, and educational wellness needs of the individ-
 18 ual tested.] Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
 19 medical management or utilization review of the services or prevent a
 20 policy from requiring that services be provided through a network of
 21 participating providers.
 22 § 2. Subsection (u) of section 3221 of the insurance law, as added by
 23 a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the insurance law relating to
 24 requiring certain insurance policies to cover neuropsychological exams

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02832-01-5

 S. 756 2

 1 for dyslexia, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5481-A and A.
 2 2898-A, is amended to read as follows:
 3 (u) (1) Every policy that provides coverage for physician services,
 4 medical, major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage shall,
 5 upon the referral of a physician, provide coverage for [testing] compre-
 6 hensive neuropsychological examinations for [suspected] dyslexia when
 7 performed by a health care professional licensed, certified, or author-
 8 ized pursuant to title eight of the education law and acting within
 9 their scope of practice and in accor