What's happening
This bill requires insurance policies covering surgery in New York to also cover all expenses for autologous blood transfusions related to surgery.
Why it matters
Ensures patients who choose or require autologous blood transfusions (using their own blood) for surgery are not burdened with extra costs. , potentially making surgery safer and more accessible for those with religious, medical, or personal reasons for avoiding donor blood.
Mandates comprehensive insurance coverage for all stages of autologous transfusion—including blood collection before surgery, storage, and transfusion during or after surgery—closing possible loopholes that could leave patients with unexpected bills.
Applies these requirements across individual, group, and blanket insurance policies, as well as health and hospital service corporations. , meaning most New Yorkers with surgical coverage would benefit, regardless of how they get their insurance.
Could lead to better patient outcomes and satisfaction by supporting a medical practice that can reduce risks of infection or transfusion reactions. , aligning insurance policy with evolving best practices in surgical care.
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Insurers Cover Blood Transfusions
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2 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to insurance
- Referred to insurance
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5672
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH, HARRIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurance policies covering surgery to cover all expenses incurred in connection with autologous blood transfusions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 34 to read as follows:
(34) Every policy which provides surgical coverage shall provide coverage for all expenses incurred in connection with autologous blood transfusions used for or intended to be used for surgery, including the collection of blood prior to surgery and the transfusion of such blood into the insured, whether done before, during, or after surgery.
§ 2. Subsection (1) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 20 to read as follows:
(20) Every group or blanket policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state which provides surgical coverage shall provide coverage for all expenses incurred in connection with autologous blood transfusions used for or intended to be used for surgery, including the collection of blood prior to surgery and the transfusion of such blood into the insured, whether done before, during, or after surgery.
§ 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (oo) to read as follows:
(oo) A medical expense indemnity corporation, a hospital service corporation, or a health service corporation which provides surgical coverage shall provide coverage for all expenses incurred in connection with autologous blood transfusions used for or intended to be used for surgery, including the collection of blood prior to surgery and the transfusion of such blood into the insured, whether done before, during, or after surgery.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 4. 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 policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on or after such date.
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