Tuesday, July 04, 2006
The state Legislature would return in September to enforce a new health insurance coverage mandate in New York that has long been contrasting by businesses.
Legislators made a contract in the waning hours of their regular 2006 session to need, starting Jan. 1, 2007, that health care policies in the state cover treatment for mental and the emotional illnesses.
The methodology for how cost increases would be made up to smaller employers would be worked out by the state Insurance Department.
The agreement would need policies to cover 30 days of inpatient treatment and 20 days of outpatient treatment for mental illnesses. They comprise schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, bulimia, anorexia and binge eating. The bill also needs policies to cover the children of workers under age 18 who require treatment for severe emotional problems.
Business Council of New York State analyst Eliot Shaw said that information is precious in a serious debate about New York's 2.7 million uninsured residents.
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