A 8349: Relates to health insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8349 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Item (viii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph 6 of 2 subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by 3 section 1 of part L of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 (viii) No insurer providing coverage under this paragraph shall 6 discriminate based on an insured's expected length of life, present of 7 predicted disability, degree of medical dependency, perceived quality of 8 life, or other health conditions, nor based on personal characteristics, 9 including age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or gender identi- 10 ty. No insurer providing coverage under this paragraph shall require the 11 transfer of all embryos from a prior cycle as a prerequisite for cover- 12 age of a subsequent cycle for a female thirty-five years of age or 13 older. 14 § 2. Subparagraph (H) of paragraph 3 of subsection (s) of section 4303 15 of the insurance law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 57 of 16 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 17 (H) No corporation providing coverage under this subsection shall 18 discriminate based on an insured's expected length of life, present or 19 predicted disability, degree of medical dependency, perceived quality of 20 life, or other health conditions, nor based on personal characteristics, 21 including age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or gender identi- 22 ty. No corporation providing coverage under this subsection shall 23 require the transfer of all embryos from a prior cycle as a prerequisite 24 for coverage of a subsequent cycle for a female thirty-five years of age 25 or older. 26 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03288-01-5