STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 296 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, JAFFEE, PERRY, TITUS, ROZIC, SIMOTAS, WALTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HIKIND, LUPINACCI, M. G. MILLER, MOSLEY, RIVERA, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for prenatal vitamins 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 10-a to read as follows: 3 (10-a)(A) Every policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs 4 shall provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed or ordered 5 by a health care provider legally authorized to prescribe under title 6 eight of the education law. 7 (B) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance 8 as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent 9 with those established for other benefits within a given policy. 10 § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 11 adding a new paragraph 5-a to read as follows: 12 (5-a)(A) Every group or blanket policy which provides coverage for 13 prescription drugs shall provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when 14 prescribed or ordered by a health care provider legally authorized to 15 prescribe under title eight of the education law. 16 (B) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsu- 17 rance, as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are 18 consistent with those established for other benefits within a given 19 policy. 20 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 21 subsection (c-1) to read as follows: 22 (c-1)(1) Every contract issued by a corporation subject to the 23 provisions of this article which provides coverage for prescription EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02510-01-7

A. 296 2 1 drugs shall provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed or 2 ordered by a health care provider legally authorized to prescribe under 3 title eight of the education law. 4 (2) Such coverage may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance 5 as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as are consistent 6 with those established for other benefits within a given contract. 7 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 8 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to 9 policies issued, reissued, renewed, modified or amended on or after such 10 date.

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