S 4009: Requires coverage under the healthy New York program for mental illness.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4009 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 coverage under the Healthy New York program for mental illness The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 5 of 2 subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by 3 section 13 of subpart A of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 Every insurer delivering a group or school blanket policy or a group 6 or individual policy pursuant to section four thousand three hundred 7 twenty-six of this chapter or issuing a group or school blanket policy 8 or a group or individual policy pursuant to section four thousand three 9 hundred twenty-six of this chapter for delivery, in this state, which 10 provides coverage for inpatient hospital care or coverage for physician 11 services shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of 12 mental health conditions and: 13 § 2. The opening paragraph of subsection (g) of section 4303 of the 14 insurance law, as amended by section 22 of subpart A of part BB of chap- 15 ter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 16 A medical expense indemnity corporation, hospital service corporation 17 or a health service corporation, that provides group, group remittance 18 or school blanket coverage or group or individual coverage pursuant to 19 section four thousand three hundred twenty-six of this article for inpa- 20 tient hospital care or coverage for physician services shall provide as 21 part of its contract coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental 22 health conditions and: 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07227-01-5