New York A 3839: Relates to home care and community based sepsis prevention, screening, intervention and education

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A03839 Summary:

BILL NOA03839 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05852

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SPONSORDinowitz (MS)

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COSPNSRGlick, Hevesi, Kelles, DeStefano, Raga, Seawright

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MLTSPNSRSimon

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires insurance reimbursement for the total direct and indirect practice expenses associated with vaccinations.

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BILL NOA03839 

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01/30/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3839

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GLICK, HEVESI, KELLES, DeSTEFANO, RAGA
 -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance reimburse-
 ment for vaccination

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

 1 Section 1. Clause (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 17 of
 2 subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chap-
 3 ter 219 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (iii) necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
 5 consultation with the commissioner of health, consisting of at least
 6 adequate dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
 7 polio, measles, rubella, mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepa-
 8 titis b, which meet the standards approved by the United States public
 9 health service for such biological products, including reimbursement to
 10 the health care provider for the acquisition costs of the vaccine,
 11 according to the current or most recently reported United States centers
 12 for disease control and prevention private sector cost plus a minimum of
 13 twenty-one percent for shipping, handling and storage costs, and the
 14 total cost of administration of the vaccine, including the cost of
 15 supplies, data entry, vaccine counseling, inventory management and
 16 routine nursing activities based on the current year's medicare rates as
 17 published by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid
 18 services.
 19 § 2. Clause (ii) of subparagraph (E) of paragraph 17 of subsection (i)
 20 of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the
 21 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 22 (ii) immunizations that have in effect a recommendation from the advi-
 23 sory committee on immunization practices of the centers for disease
 24 control and prevention with respect to the individual involved, includ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07727-01-5

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 1 ing reimbursement to the health care provider for the acquisition costs
 2 of the vaccine, according to the current or most recently reported
 3 United States centers for disease control and prevention private sector
 4 cost plus a minimum of twenty-one percent for shipping, handling and
 5 storage costs, and the total cost of administration of the vaccine,
 6 including the cost of supplies, data entry, vaccine counseling, invento-
 7 ry management and routine nursing activities based on the current year's
 8 medicare rates as published by the United States centers for medicare
 9 and medicaid services;
 10 § 3. Clause (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 8 of subsection (l)
 11 of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the
 12 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 13 (iii) necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
 14 consultation with the commissioner of health, consisting of at least
 15 adequate dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
 16 polio, measles, rubella, mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepa-
 17 titis b, which meet the standards approved by the United States public
 18 health service for such biological products, including reimbursement to
 19 the health care provider for the acquisition costs of the vaccine,
 20 according to the current or most recentl