S 3820: Requires health insurance policies include coverage for anesthesia for the entire duration of a procedure for which a licensed medical practitioner has issued an order for such anesthesia.
What S 3820 does, verified March 31, 2026
The bill requires health insurance policies to cover anesthesia services for the entire duration of a medical procedure, without imposing time limits. This means that insurance companies cannot limit the payment of anesthesia services based on the length of the procedure. Instead, payment will be based on a base fee plus time units, with each time unit interval no longer than 15 minutes. Anesthesia time will be calculated from when the anesthesia provider begins preparing the patient for anesthesia services to when they stop providing services. Insurance companies must use prevailing medical coding and billing standards to determine payment for anesthesia services. This change aims to ensure that patients receive comprehensive coverage for anesthesia services, without unnecessary time limits or restrictions.
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Last action: referred to insurance (2026-03-18)Alert me
Quick answers about S 3820
- What is the current status of S 3820?
- As of March 31, 2026, S 3820 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on March 18, 2026, was "referred to insurance".
- Did S 3820 pass?
- Not yet. S 3820 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote S 3820, and where is it now?
- S 3820 was authored by Sen. Gustavo Rivera with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Insurance. It is filed under ISC, alongside 202 other New York ISC bills this session.
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| Mar. 18, 2026 | referred to insurance |
| Mar. 18, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Mar. 18, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Feb. 05, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Feb. 04, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 30, 2025 · 355 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3820 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, GIANARIS, BRISPORT, FERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, MAYER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, STAVISKY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring health insurance policies include coverage for anesthesia for the duration of a medical procedure 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 40 to read as follows: 3 (40) Every policy that provides coverage for hospital, surgical or 4 medical care shall provide the coverage for anesthesia for the entire 5 duration of a procedure for which a licensed medical practitioner has 6 issued an order for such anesthesia. 7 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 8 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows: 9 (23) Every insurer delivering a group or blanket policy or issuing a 10 group or blanket policy for delivery in this state that provides cover- 11 age for hospital, surgical or medical care shall provide the coverage 12 for anesthesia for the entire duration of a procedure for which a 13 licensed medical practitioner has issued an order for such anesthesia. 14 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 15 subsection (ww) to read as follows: 16 (ww) A medical expense indemnity corporation, a hospital service 17 corporation or a health service corporation that provides coverage for 18 hospital, surgical or medical care shall provide the coverage for anes- 19 thesia for the entire duration of a procedure for which a licensed 20 medical practitioner has issued an order for such anesthesia. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08023-01-5
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