2019 Legislative Memos
Government Programs
Health Insurance Coverage Mandates
- A.178/S.426 – Coverage of Lyme Disease
- A.3684/S.526 – Coverage for Ovarian Screening
- A.487 – Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception Coverage
- A.5502/S.3852 – Coverage for Mammograms at Age 35
Health Insurance Plan Management and Operations
- A.252 – Behavioral Health Contracts
- A.2787/S.3960 – Payment to Behavioral Health Providers
- A.670 – Mandate Contract with Mental Health Practitioners
- A.405/S.3751 – Copayment Limit for Physical Therapy
- A.6139/S.279 – Copayment for Follow-Up Opioid Visit
- A.2899/S.873 – Prohibiting Use of Extrapolation
- A.264/S.3171 – Hospital Charges for Emergency Services Subject to IDR
- A.310/S.1408 – Municipality to Join County Self-Insurance Plan
- A.144 – Third Party Premium Payments
- A.2969/S.2849 – Prohibit Mid-Year Formulary Changes
- A.2832/S.67 – Domestic Violence Victim Request for Alternative Contact
Pharmaceuticals
- A.2799/S.1794 – Prescriber Prevails for Medicaid Managed Care
- A.2836/S.2087 – Pharmacy Benefit Managers Restrictions
- A.2785/S.3118 – Prescription Synchronization for Medicaid and Managed Care
- A.2795 – Medicaid Managed Care Preferred Drug Program
- A.3009/S.416 – Prescription Synchronization
- A.347 – Mail Order Pharmacy Exemption
- A.3043/S.4463 – Mail Order Retail Pharmacy Exemption
- A.3918/S.1813 – Partial Fill Authorization
Provider Rights and Reimbursement
2018 Legislative Memos
Government Programs
Health Insurance Coverage Mandates
- A.492/S.2099 – Substance Abuse Services Mandate
- A.256 – Disaffiliated Providers
- A.9957 – Contraception Coverage Act
- A.8683A/S.6882A – Prohibition on Cost-Sharing for Prostate Cancer Screening
Health Insurance Plan Management and Operations
- A.3694/S.1156-A – Mental Health Parity Compliance Reporting
- A.4737 – Long Term Care Insurance Premium Cap
- A.7108 – Nursing Home Eligibility Determinations
Pharmaceuticals
- A.4899 – Prior Authorization for Opioid Treatment
- A.4007/S.6541- Prescriber Prevails for Medicaid Managed Care
- A.8781/S.6940 – Pharmaceutical Benefit Manager Claw-back
- A.2674-A/S.3793-A – Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraceptives
Provider Rights and Reimbursement
Miscellaneous
- A.7611-C/S.4241-C – Surprise Hospital Bills
- A.2578/S.3660 – Municipal Self Insurance
- A.7719B/S.5880B – Anti-Trust Immunity for Westchester County Medical Center
2017 Legislative Memos
Government Programs
Health Insurance Coverage Mandates
- A.2674/S.3793 – Mandatory Reimbursement for Coverage OTC Emergency Contraceptives
- A.1378/S.3668 – Contraceptive Coverage Act
- A.1535/S.3937 – Unlimited Home Care Telehealth
- A.2163/S.3952 – Mandatory Coverage for Mental Health and Family Counselors
- A.2604/S.3790 – Mandatory Coverage OTC Emergency Contraceptives
- A.2646/S.3148 – In Vitro Fertilization Mandate
- A.6731/S.6586 – Mandatory Coverage for Annual Mammograms Age 35-39
- A.6396B/S.60453B – Mandatory Coverage for Eating Disorders
Health Insurance Plan Management and Operations
- A.1129/S.3568 – Blanket Prior Authorization for Related Procedures
- A.2704/S.3943 – Termination of Providers
- A.4060/S.5396 – Alternative Address for Victims of Domestic Violence
- A.7737/S.5723 – Standard Timeframe for Notice of Discontinuance
- A.8051/S.6053 – Prior Authorization for NICU Services
- A.2539 – Clinical Peer Reviewer
- A.2370 – HMO In-Network Referrals
- A.8063A/S.5779A – Notice of Specific Coverage and Product on Claims
- A.3694A/S.1156A – Mental Health Parity Reporting
- A.8011A/S.6219B – Payment to Behavioral Health Providers
Pharmaceuticals
- A.4786/S.3484 – Mail Order Pharmacies
- A.700/S.2919 – Prescriber Prevails
- A.2661 – Pharmacy Benefit Managers Restrictions
- A.3119/S.1743 – Mail Order Pharmacy Exceptions
- A.4233 – Uniform Formulary for Preferred Drug Program in Medicaid Managed Care
- A.4717/S.5623 – Pharmacy Benefit Manager Contract Appeals Process
- A.6371/S.5171 – Pharmacist Authorization to Refill More than Prescribed
- A.2317/S.5022A – Prohibition on Mid-year Formulary Changes
- A.4306A/S.5196A – Prescription Synchronization
Provider Rights and Reimbursement
- A.23/S.877 – Prohibition on All Products Requirement for Behavioral Health Providers
- A.3866 – Prohibition on All Products Requirement in Child Health Plus
- A.4472 – Collective Bargaining for Physicians
- A.6831/S.5044 – Collective Bargaining for Physicians in Nassau County
- S.3663 – Collective Bargaining for Physicians
- A.2389 – Universal Credentialing
Miscellaneous
- A.7611/S.4241 – Surprise Hospital Bills
- A.7719/S.5880 – Anti-trust Immunity for Westchester County Medical Center
- A.7748/S.5342 – Extension of Certificate of Public Advantage