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A6484 • 2025

Relates to copayment and coinsurance charged for physical and occupational therapy services

Relates to copayment and coinsurance charged for physical and occupational therapy services

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
David Weprin
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Passed Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to copayment and coinsurance charged for physical and occupational therapy services

Relates to copayment and coinsurance charged for physical and occupational therapy services Provides that any copayment or coinsurance amount charged by an insurer to the insured for services rendered by a physical therapist or an occupational therapist shall not be more than twenty-five percent greater than the copayment or coinsurance amount imposed for an office visit to a licensed primary care physician or osteopath for the same or a similar diagnosed condition.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to copayment and coinsurance charged for physical and occupational therapy services Provides that any copayment or coinsurance amount charged by an insurer to the insured for services rendered by a physical therapist or an occupational therapist shall not be more than twenty-five percent greater than the copayment or coinsurance amount imposed for an office visit to a licensed primary care physician or osteopath for the same or a similar diagnosed condition.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S5045A

  2. 2026-05-29 Senate

    3RD READING CAL.701

  3. 2026-05-29 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  4. 2026-05-29 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-03-25 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-03-25 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. 2026-03-25 Senate

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.161

  9. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    REPORTED

  10. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    RULES REPORT CAL.569

  11. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.569

  12. 2025-05-20 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  13. 2025-05-05 Assembly

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

  14. 2025-05-05 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 6484A

  15. 2025-03-05 Assembly

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

Official Summary Text

Relates to copayment and coinsurance charged for physical and occupational therapy services
Provides that any copayment or coinsurance amount charged by an insurer to the insured for services rendered by a physical therapist or an occupational therapist shall not be more than twenty-five percent greater than the copayment or coinsurance amount imposed for an office visit to a licensed primary care physician or osteopath for the same or a similar diagnosed condition.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6484

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      March 5, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Insurance

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance  law, in relation to physical therapy
          services

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  23  of  subsection  (i) of section 3216 of the
     2  insurance law, as added by chapter 593 of the laws of 2000,  is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (23)  If  a policy provides for reimbursement for physical and occupa-
     5  tional therapy service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a
     6  duly licensed physical or occupational therapist, an  insured  shall  be
     7  entitled  to  reimbursement for such service whether the said service is
     8  performed by a physician or through a duly licensed physical or  occupa-
     9  tional  therapist, provided however, that nothing contained herein shall
    10  be construed to impair any terms of such  policy  including  appropriate
    11  utilization  review  and  the requirement that said service be performed
    12  pursuant to a medical order, or a similar or related service of a physi-
    13  cian.  AN INSURER SHALL NOT IMPOSE A  COPAYMENT  OR  COINSURANCE  AMOUNT
    14  CHARGED TO THE INSURED FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR EACH DATE OF SERVICE BY
    15  A  PHYSICAL  THERAPIST  LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX OF
    16  THE EDUCATION LAW OR AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST  LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE
    17  ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-SIX  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW THAT IS GREATER THAN THE
    18  COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE AMOUNT IMPOSED  ON  THE  INSURED  FOR  SERVICES
    19  PROVIDED  TO  THE  INSURED  FOR  AN  OFFICE  VISIT  FOR THE SERVICE OF A
    20  LICENSED PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR OSTEOPATH FOR THE SAME OR  A  SIMILAR
    21  DIAGNOSED CONDITION EVEN IF A DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE IS USED TO DESCRIBE
    22  THE CONDITION FOR WHICH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
    23    § 2. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 1 of subsection (f) of section 4235
    24  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new clause (iii) to read as
    25  follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09380-01-5
        A. 6484                             2

     1    (III) A POLICY SHALL NOT IMPOSE  A  COPAYMENT  OR  COINSURANCE  AMOUNT
     2  CHARGED TO THE INSURED FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR EACH DATE OF SERVICE BY
     3  A  PHYSICAL  THERAPIST  LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX OF
     4  THE EDUCATION LAW OR AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST  LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE
     5  ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-SIX  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW THAT IS GREATER THAN THE
     6  COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE AMOUNT IMPOSED  ON  THE  INSURED  FOR  SERVICES
     7  PROVIDED  TO  THE  INSURED  FOR  AN  OFFICE  VISIT  FOR THE SERVICE OF A
     8  LICENSED PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR OSTEOPATH FOR THE SAME OR  A  SIMILAR
     9  DIAGNOSED CONDITION EVEN IF A DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE IS USED TO DESCRIBE
    10  THE CONDITION FOR WHICH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
    11    § 3. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 4 of subsection (f) of section 4235
    12  of  the insurance law, as amended by chapter 593 of the laws of 2000, is
    13  amended to read as follows:
    14    (A) any physical and occupational therapy service which is within  the
    15  lawful  scope of practice of a licensed physical and occupational thera-
    16  pist, a subscriber to such policy shall be entitled to reimbursement for
    17  such service, whether the said service is performed by  a  physician  or
    18  licensed physical and occupational therapist pursuant to prescription or
    19  referral by a physician.  A POLICY SHALL NOT IMPOSE A COPAYMENT OR COIN-
    20  SURANCE  AMOUNT  CHARGED  TO  THE INSURED FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR EACH
    21  DATE OF SERVICE BY A  PHYSICAL  THERAPIST  LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE
    22  HUNDRED  THIRTY-SIX  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW OR AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
    23  LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  THAT
    24  IS  GREATER  THAN  THE  COPAYMENT  OR  COINSURANCE AMOUNT IMPOSED ON THE
    25  INSURED FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE INSURED FOR AN OFFICE VISIT FOR THE
    26  SERVICE OF A LICENSED PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR OSTEOPATH FOR  THE  SAME
    27  OR  A  SIMILAR  DIAGNOSED  CONDITION EVEN IF A DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE IS
    28  USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONDITION FOR WHICH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED;
    29    § 4. Subparagraph (G) of paragraph 1 of subsection (b) of section 4301
    30  of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 593 of the laws of 2000,  is
    31  amended to read as follows:
    32    (G)  physical  and occupational therapy care provided through licensed
    33  physical and occupational therapists upon the prescription of  a  physi-
    34  cian, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE AMOUNT CHARGED
    35  TO THE INSURED FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR EACH DATE OF SERVICE BY A PHYS-
    36  ICAL  THERAPIST  LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX OF THE
    37  EDUCATION LAW OR AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE
    38  HUNDRED  FIFTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW IS GREATER THAN THE COPAYMENT OR
    39  COINSURANCE AMOUNT IMPOSED ON THE INSURED FOR SERVICES PROVIDED  TO  THE
    40  INSURED  FOR  AN OFFICE VISIT FOR THE SERVICE OF A LICENSED PRIMARY CARE
    41  PHYSICIAN OR OSTEOPATH FOR THE SAME OR  A  SIMILAR  DIAGNOSED  CONDITION
    42  EVEN  IF  A DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONDITION FOR
    43  WHICH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED,
    44    § 5. Paragraph 13 of subsection (b) of section 4322 of  the  insurance
    45  law,  as added by chapter 504 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
    46  follows:
    47    (13) Outpatient physical therapy up to ninety visits per condition per
    48  calendar year, PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO  COPAYMENT  OR  COINSURANCE
    49  AMOUNT  CHARGED  TO  THE  INSURED FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR EACH DATE OF
    50  SERVICE BY A PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIR-
    51  TY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST LICENSED  UNDER
    52  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW IS GREATER THAN THE
    53  COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE AMOUNT IMPOSED  ON  THE  INSURED  FOR  SERVICES
    54  PROVIDED  TO  THE  INSURED  FOR  AN  OFFICE  VISIT  FOR THE SERVICE OF A
    55  LICENSED PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR OSTEOPATH FOR THE SAME OR  A  SIMILAR
        A. 6484                             3

     1  DIAGNOSED CONDITION EVEN IF A DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE IS USED TO DESCRIBE
     2  THE CONDITION FOR WHICH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
     3    § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it shall have become a law.