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NY A07177
Bill
Status
3/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
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AI Summary
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Authorizes health insurers and HMOs to offer actuarially appropriate premium reductions, benefits, or enhancements to enrollees who actively participate in qualified wellness programs, subject to approval by the Superintendent of Financial Services
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Defines qualified wellness programs as risk management systems identifying at-risk populations or systematic programs promoting physical and mental fitness, preventing or mitigating acute/chronic conditions, or minimizing adverse health consequences from lifestyle
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Requires wellness programs to include elements such as health education, lifestyle awareness, information about screening tests for diseases (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, obesity), and behavioral programs encouraging healthy activities
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Expands existing wellness program provisions to add employer health promotion assistance and incentives for accessing preventive services like mammography screening
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Prohibits insurers from requiring specific health outcomes as a condition of participation; the bill takes effect 180 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Authorizes health insurers and health maintenance organizations, subject to the approval of the superintendent of financial services, 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.
Last Action
referred to insurance
1/7/2026