Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6586
Timestamp: 2020-08-03 10:04:18
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3216', '§ 3221', '§ 4303', '§  2', '§ 3', '§  4', '§ 3216', '§ 3221', '§ 4303', '§ 2', '§  4', '§ 5']

NY State Senate Bill S6586A
senate Bill S6586A
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Feb 06, 2018 print number 6586a
Feb 06, 2018 amend and recommit to insurance
S6586 - Details
S3852, A5502
S6586 - Summary
Enacts "Shannon's law"; relates to requiring insurance companies to cover annual mammograms for breast cancer screening for covered persons aged thirty-five and older.
S6586 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:  S6586
An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to enacting "Shannon's
This bill would increase access to annual breast exams for New
Yorker's aged thirty-five through thirty-nine.
Section 1. Provides that this act shall be known as "Shannon's Law"
Section 2. Amends subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (i)
of § 3216 of the insurance law to require every policy that provides
coverage for hospital, surgical, or medical care to provide coverage
for an annual mammogram for covered persons aged thirty-five through
thirty-nine upon the recommendation of a physician.
Section 3. Amends subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (1)
of § 3221 of the insurance law to require every group or blanket
policy that provides coverage for hospital, surgical, or medical care
to provide coverage for an annual mammogram for covered persons aged
thirty-five through thirty-nine upon the recommendation of a
Section 4. Amends paragraph 1 of subsection (p) of § 4303 of the
insurance law to require every medical expense indemnity corporation,
hospital service corporation or health service corporation that
provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care to provide
coverage for an annual mammogram for covered persons aged thirty-five
through thirty-nine upon the recommendation of a physician.
Section 5. Sets forth the effective date.
Amended bill provides that insurers are required to provide coverage
of annual mammograms upon the recommendation of a physician.
One in 227 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer
between the ages of 30 and 40. It is estimated that 13,110 cases of
breast cancer will be in women under age 40 and approximately 26,275
women will be under 45 years of age. Women ages 15 to 34 and 35 to 54
die more frequently from breast cancer than other cancer. In Suffolk
and Nassau counties alone, there is a new diagnosis every week. We can
no longer overlook that this is now an epidemic. Young women generally
face more aggressive cancers and lower survival rates. The current
information provided for breast health is not meant for the younger
generation. There is a lack of resources regarding this "global
crisis" in the curriculum. Revision of the current mammogram age
recommendations benefits will outweigh the risks. This legislation
would give young women the opportunity to seek early detection and the
life-saving power of intervention.
S6586 - Bill Text download pdf
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation  to  enacting  "Shannon's
"Shannon's Law".
§  2.  Subparagraph  (A)  of paragraph 11 of subsection (i) of section
3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter  219  of  the  laws  of
(A)  Every  policy  that  provides  coverage for hospital, surgical or
medical care  shall  provide  the  following  coverage  for  mammography
screening for occult breast cancer:
(iii)  UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF A PHYSICIAN, AN ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM FOR
COVERED PERSONS AGED THIRTY-FIVE THROUGH THIRTY-NINE, INCLUSIVE; AND
(IV) an annual mammogram for covered persons aged forty and older.
§ 3. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of  subsection  (l)  of  section
3221  of  the  insurance  law,  as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of
coverage for mammography screening for occult breast cancer:
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(iii) UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF A PHYSICIAN, AN ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM  FOR
§  4.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (p) of section 4303 of the insurance
law, as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011, subparagraph (D)  as
amended  by  chapter  74  of  the  laws  of  2016, is amended to read as
(1) A medical expense indemnity corporation, a hospital service corpo-
ration or a health service corporation that provides coverage for hospi-
tal, surgical or medical care shall provide the following  coverage  for
mammography screening for occult breast cancer:
(C)  UPON  THE  RECOMMENDATION OF A PHYSICIAN, AN ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM FOR
(D) an annual mammogram for covered persons aged forty  and  older[.];
[(D)]  (E) The coverage required in this paragraph or paragraph two of
this subsection shall not be subject to annual  deductibles  or  coinsu-
have become a law, and shall apply to  policies  and  contracts  issued,
renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such effective date.
S6586A (ACTIVE) - Details
S6586A (ACTIVE) - Summary
S6586A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6586A
This bill would increase access to annual breast exams for New Yorker's
aged thirty-five through thirty-nine.
Section 2. Amends subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (i) of
§ 3216 of the insurance law to require every policy that provides cover-
age for hospital, surgical, or medical care to provide coverage for an
annual mammogram for covered persons aged thirty-five through thirty-
nine upon the recommendation of a physician.
Section 3. Amends subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (1) of
§ 3221 of the insurance law to require every group or blanket policy
that provides coverage for hospital, surgical, or medical care to
provide coverage for an annual mammogram for covered persons aged thir-
ty-five through thirty-nine upon the recommendation of a physician.
Section 4. Amends paragraph 1 of subsection (p) of § 4303 of the insur-
ance law to require every medical expense indemnity corporation, hospi-
tal service corporation or health service corporation that provides
coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care to provide coverage for
an annual mammogram for covered persons aged thirty-five through thir-
ty-nine upon the recommendation of a physician.
Amended bill provides that insurers are required to provide coverage of
annual mammograms upon the recommendation of a physician.
die more frequently from breast cancer than other cancer. In Suffolk and
Nassau counties alone, there is a new diagnosis every week. We can no
longer overlook that this is now an epidemic. Young women generally face
more aggressive cancers and lower survival rates. The current informa-
tion provided for breast health is not meant for the younger generation.
There is a lack of resources regarding this "global crisis" in the
curriculum. Revision of the current mammogram age recommendations bene-
fits will outweigh the risks. This legislation would give young women
the opportunity to seek early detection and the life-saving power of
S6586A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
6586--A
Introduced  by  Sens.  BOYLE, BROOKS, KRUEGER, LAVALLE -- read twice and
Rules  -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with
AN  ACT  to  amend the insurance law, in relation to enacting "Shannon's
§ 2. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of  subsection  (i)  of  section
3216  of  the  insurance  law,  as amended by chapter 414 of the laws of
medical  care  shall  provide  the  following  coverage  for mammography
(i) upon the recommendation of a physician, a mammogram, which may  be
provided  by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons having
a prior history of breast cancer or who have  a  first  degree  relative
with a prior history of breast cancer;
(ii)  a  single  baseline  mammogram,  which may be provided by breast
tomosynthesis, for covered persons aged thirty-five through thirty-nine,
inclusive; [and]
(IV)  an annual mammogram, which may be provided by breast tomosynthe-
sis, for covered persons aged forty and older.
3221  of  the  insurance  law,  as amended by chapter 414 of the laws of
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(i)  upon the recommendation of a physician, a mammogram, which may be
provided by breast tomosynthesis, at any age for covered persons  having
a  prior  history  of  breast cancer or who have a first degree relative
(ii) a single baseline mammogram, which  may  be  provided  by  breast
(IV) an annual mammogram, which may be provided by breast  tomosynthe-
§  4.  Subparagraphs (B), (C) and (D) of paragraph 1 of subsection (p)
of section 4303 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 414  of  the
laws  of  2017, subparagraph (D) as amended by chapter 74 of the laws of
(B) a single baseline mammogram, which may be provided by breast tomo-
synthesis, for covered persons  aged  thirty-five  through  thirty-nine,
(D) an annual mammogram, which may be provided by breast tomosythesis,
for covered persons aged forty and older[.]; AND
[(D)] (E) The coverage required in this paragraph or paragraph two  of
this  subsection  shall  not be subject to annual deductibles or coinsu-
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law,  and shall apply to policies and contracts issued,