A 10873: Requires insurance coverage for peripheral artery disease.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10873  IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring coverage of peripheral artery disease 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 42 to read as follows: 3 (42) Every policy which provides medical, major medical or similar 4 comprehensive-type coverage and provides coverage for prescription drugs 5 shall include coverage for peripheral artery disease. 6 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 7 adding a new paragraph 24 to read as follows: 8 (24) Every group or blanket accident and health insurance policy 9 issued or issued for delivery in this state which provides medical, 10 major medical or similar comprehensive-type coverage and provides cover- 11 age for prescription drugs shall include coverage for peripheral artery 12 disease. 13 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 14 subsection (yy) to read as follows: 15 (yy) A medical expense indemnity corporation or a health service 16 corporation which provides medical, major medical or similar comprehen- 17 sive-type coverage and provides coverage for prescription drugs shall 18 include coverage for peripheral artery disease. 19 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027 and shall apply to all 20 policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on 21 or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15354-01-6