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Legislative Position Papers & Legislative Correspondence
2018
Memo in Opposition -
A.2317-C(Peoples-Stokes) / S.5022-C (Serino) Relates to mid-year formulary changes
Memo in Opposition -
A.06396-C (Rociz) / S.06045-C (Marchione) Relates to coverage for eating disorders
Memo in Opposition -
S.3148-A (Savino) / A.0264-A (Simotas) Relates to in vitro fertilization and other fertilization treatments
Memo in Opposition -
A.4738-A (Gottfried)/S.4840-A (Rivera) Creates the New York Health Act, a single-payer system
Memo in Opposition -
S.7509/A.9509 (Revenue Article VII Bill) Part DD Health Insurance “Windfall Profit” Tax
Letter to the Governor -
Surcharge will cause undue harm to New York's small businesses
2017
Letter to the Governor -
Request for veto: Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (3-D digital mammograms)
Memo in Opposition -
A.06396 (Rociz) S.06045 (Marchione) Relates to coverage for eating disorders
Memo in Opposition -
A.2646 (Simotas) S.4148 (Savino) Requires coverage of in-vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments
Memo in Support -
S.1668 (Gallivan) A.5281 (Lawrence) Health Care Quality and Cost Containment Commission
Memo in Opposition -
A.4472 (Gottfried) Collective bargaining
Memo in Opposition -
A.4738 (Gottfried) S.4840 (Rivera) New York Health Plan
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Memo in Opposition -
S.2007/A.3007 Part H HCRA Tax Extension
2017 Budget Priorities
2015 & 2016
Memo in Opposition
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A.2834 (Titone)/ S.3419 (Young) Regulates step therapy policies
Memo in Opposition
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A.5062 (Gottfried)/ S.3525 (Perkins) An act to amend public health law and state finance law, in relation to enacting the "New York Health Act."
Memo in Support
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A.4238 (Gionaj)/ S.853 (Klein) Authorizes health insurers and HMOs to provide actuarially appropriate reductions in health insurance premiums or other benefits or enhancements for an enrollee's or insured's participation in a qualified wellness program.
Memo in Opposition
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A.336 (Gottfried)/ S.1157 (Hannon) Act to amend the public health law, in relation to requirements for collective negotiations by health care providers within certain benefit plans
2015 Legislative Agenda
2014
Memo in Opposition
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A.8137-A (Magnarelli) / S.5937-A (Valesky) An act to amend the insurance law in relations to authorizing insurance coverage for equipment and supplies used for the treatment of ostomies.
Memo in Opposition
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S.3690 (Hannon)/A.5692 (Gottfried) Allows physicians to engage in collective bargaining.
Memo in Opposition
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S.5520 (Gipson) / A.7702 (Barrett) Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long-term medical care for Lyme Disease and other tick borne related pathogens; Establishes educational measurer and the tick borne illness research, detection and education fund.
Memo in Opposition
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S.7662-A (Seward) / A.9943-A Relates to insurance coverage for substance abuse disorder.
Memo in Opposition
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S.7072 (Ball) An act to amend the insurance law to require health insurance policies to provide coverage of both inpatient and outpatient opioid addiction treatment services.
Memo in Opposition
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S: 3995-B (Maziarz)/ A.5723-B (Heastie) An act to amend the insurance law in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs
2013
Memo in Opposition
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A.6519 (Silver)/S.4526 (Hannon)
Amends the freelancers health demonstration program to allow for operation as a self-funded plan serving self-employed workers.
Memo in Opposition
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S.3478 (Gipson)/A.5174 (Cahill)
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens; establishes educational measures and the tick borne illness research, detection and education fund.
Memo in Oppositio
n -
A.5692 (Gottfried)/S.03690 (Hannon)
Allows health care providers to engage in collective bargaining.
2012
Memo in Opposition
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S.6769 (Flanagan)/ A.9586 (Jaffee
)
Requires coverage for “supplemental” breast cancer in certain cases; requires mammography reports to include information about breast density.
Testimony presented to the joint Legislative Public Hearings of the 2012-13 Executive Budget proposal
An Act to amend the insurance law and the public health law to require a health care plan which provides coverage of out- of- network care to provide information to insured, subscribers or enrollees
Memo in Opposition
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S.5068A (Hannon)/ A.7489B (Gottfried)
Amends the public health law, in relation to registration of office-based surgery facilities and payments for use thereof.
Memo in Opposition -
S.3186A (Hannon) A.2474A (Canestrari)
Permits Physicians to Engage in Collective Bargaining Practices
2010
Memo in Opposition -
S.7833-A (Foley)/A.11273-A (Lavine)
Relates to youth drug and alcohol detoxification; authorizes approved applicant to petition family court for review of a youth for possible drug and alcohol detoxification; provides benefits for treatment of chemical dependency in certain health insurance plans including prohibition on out of pocket deductibles.
Memo in Opposition -
A. 2188 (Ball) /S.628 (Samson
)
Requires coverage for the cost of enteral formulas for which a physician has issued a written order and which are medically necessary for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis and related eosinophilic disorders.
Memo in Opposition -
A.5324 (Maisel)/S.4775 (Fuschillo)
Requires coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema.
Memo in Opposition -
A.6647A (Carrozza)
Act to amend the insurance law and public health laws by requiring insurers to provide certificate holders with at least thirty days prior written notice of termination of group health insurance coverage.
Memo in Opposition -
A.2521 (Pretlow
)
Relates to the coverage for diagnostic testing for ovarian cancer.
Memo in Opposition -
A.6398 (Ortiz)
Relates to coverage for medical nutrition therapy.
Memo in Opposition -
A.6415 (Perry)
Act to amend the insurance law in relation to restorative dental appliances.
Memo in Opposition -
A.6475 (Ortiz
)
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing coverage for surveillance tests for ovarian cancer.
Memo in Opposition -
S.7048A (Breslin) A.10219A (Jacobs
)
Act to amend the insurance law in relation to drugs used in cancer treatment.
Memo in Opposition -
S.05864 (Hassell-Thompson)/A.7355A (Lopez)
Act to amend the insurance law to require coverage of orally administered chemotherapy treatments.
Memo in Opposition -
A.4223 (Crouch
)
Seeks to create a health benefit and cost commission to conduct a comprehensive review of all current mandated benefits and an accurate cost analysis of proposed benefits
Memo in Opposition -
A.6647A (Carrozza)
Act to amend the insurance law and public health laws by requiring insurers to provide certificate holders with at least thirty days prior written notice of termination of group health insurance coverage
Memo in Opposition -
A.10450A (Menge)
Act to amend the insurance law in relation coverage for the cost of certain infant and baby formulas
Memo in Opposition -
A.6309A (Johnson C. Thompson)/ A.9787A (Gunther
)
Act to amend the insurance and public health law in relation health insurance coverage for prenatal vitamins
Memo in Opposition -
S.7000/A.10372 (Morelle)
Act to amend the insurance law in relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder
2009
Memo in Opposition
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Proposal to increase the Patient Services Assessment
Testimony,
Topic Public Hearing to determine the role of health insurance in the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder October 23, 2009
2008
Memo in Opposition -
S.8225A (Volker) A.11176A (Schroeder)
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to excepting from community rating requirements group health insurance policies issued to multiple employer trusts consisting of municipal corporations and public benefit
corporations.
2007
Testimony
of Jeff Leland, presented to the Department of Insurance, Commissioner of Health and the Partnership for Coverage Panel
Topic: Public Hearing to Solicit Input on the Development of Proposals for Achieving Health System Reform, Increasing Access to Health Insurance Coverage and Moving Toward Universal Healthcare Coverage: Defining the Goals and Identifying the Steps September 05, 2007
Memo in Opposition
- S.6506 (Hannon) A.8704 (Bradley)
An act to amend the public health and insurance laws in relation to ensuring investments in health care
Memo in Opposition -
A.4308A/S.2108A
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the early intervention program
Memo in Support -
S.3020A/A.6159
An Act to amend the insurance law and the legislative law in relation to creating the New York Health Benefit and Cost Commission
Memo in Opposition
S.1316 (Farley) -
An act to amend the Insurance Law, in relation to providing coverage for hospice care under the Healthy New York program.
2006
Memo in Support S.8481
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An Act to amend the insurance law and the legislative law in relation to implementing the health care quality and cost containment commission
Memo in Opposition
S.5636 (LaValle) /A.9712
(Greene
) -
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage of hysterectomies
Memo in Opposition
- S.784 (Fuschillo)/ A.699 (Pheffer)
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to coverage for autism spectrum disorder
Memo in Opposition -
S.2007 (Morahan
)
An act to amend the public health law in relation to establishing a healthcare reinvestment fund suburban demonstration project
Memo in Opposition
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S.7090 (Spano) /A.10583 (Gottfried)
An act to amend the public health law in relation to establishing a fair share for health care assessment on large employers
Memo in Opposition
- A.2912 (Tonko) S.6735 (Duane)
An act to amend the insurance law, to prohibit the exclusion or limitation of benefits for mental illness and chemical dependency in certain health plans
Memo in Opposition - A. 4922 (Carrozza)
An act to amend the Insurance Law in relation to providing insurance coverage for annual mammograms for women over the age of forty, Memo in Opposition
2005
Memo in Support - S. 1372 (Seward) / A.6193
An Act to amend the insurance law and the legislative law in relation to creating the New York Health Benefit and Cost Commission
Memo in Opposition
- A. 943 (Tokasz)/ S.1846 (Farley)
Hospice Care Under Healthy New York Program
2004
Memo in Opposition
- A. 3713 (Cymbrowitz)/ S. 3477
Cranial Prothesis
Memo in Opposition
- A.11586 (John)
Andated Services/Child Advocacy Centers
Memo in Support
- S.1447 (Seward)
New York Health Benefit and Cost Commission
Memo in Opposition
- S.6147/A.10970 (Velella)
Mandated coverage of sperm banks
Memo in Opposition
- A.7128 (Tokasz) /S.966 (Farley)
Hospice care under the Healthy New York progam
Memo in Opposition
- S.2173 (McGee)/ A.22 (John)
Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Memo in Opposition
- A.8301 (Tonko)/ Libous
Mental Health Mandate
2003
Testimony
, Presented to Senator Velmanette Montgomery
Topic: Mental Health Parity
September 10, 2003
Testimony
Presented to the Senate Insurance Committee
Topic: Issues Relating to Cost of Health Insurance
April 15, 2003
Memo in Opposition
- A. 8301 (Tonko)
Mental Health Mandate
Memo in Opposition
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Early Intervention
A.2108-A/S.1408-A
,
Sponsor: Governor Pataki
Memo in Opposition
- S.2173 (McGee) /A.22 (John)
Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Memo to Assembly
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Cover the Uninsured Week Call for Mandate Reform
Memo to Senate
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Cover the Uninsured Week Call for Mandate Reform
Memo in Support
- S. 1447 (Seward)
Creation of the NY Health Benefit and Cost Commission