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- Referred to insurance
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Title of bill
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to blanket accident and health insurance policies and contracts issued by a hospital service corporation or health service corporations in connection with the detection of cervical cancer
Purpose
Requires insurers of cervical cancer detection to provide human pampilloma virus vaccine to females ages 9 to 26.
Summary of provisions
Amends paragraph 14 of subsection (1) of sections 3221 of the insurance law and subsection (t) of section 4303 of the insurance law to require insurers already required to cover cervical cancer screenings to also cover HPV vaccine for female patients between the ages of 9 to 26.
Justification
Human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) is a vaccine designed to immunize against certain sexually transmitted diseases, such as cervical cancer and genital warts, which are caused by human papillomaviruses. The Women's Health and Wellness Act included routine cervical cancer screenings among the reproductive health services that New York insurers must cover. This legislation extends this coverage to the newly approved HPV vaccine which has been shown to guard against the strains of HPV that cause 70% of cervical cancers and 90% of genital warts.
Legislative history
2008 - S4172 - Notice of Motion to Petition - Filed
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all blanket accident and health insurance policies and contracts issued by a hospital service corporation or health service corporation issued or written after such date.
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