2022 New York Laws
ISC - Insurance
Article 34 - Insurance Contracts-Property/casualty
3436-A - Adverse Action Against Legal Reproductive Health Care.
§ 3436-a. Adverse action against legal reproductive health care or gender-affirming care. (a) Every insurer that issues or renews medical malpractice insurance covering a health care provider licensed to practice in this state shall be prohibited from taking any adverse action against a health care provider solely on the basis that the health care provider engages in legally protected health activity, as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 570.17 of the criminal procedure law, or gender-affirming care that is legal in this state with someone who is from out of the state. The superintendent is expressly authorized to interpret "legally protected health activity" as if such definition was stated within this section. Such policy shall include health care providers who prescribe abortion medication to out-of-state patients by means of telehealth.(b) Every insurer that issues or renews medical malpractice insurance covering a health care provider licensed to practice in this state shall be prohibited from refusing to issue or renew, canceling, or charging or imposing an increased premium or rate for, or excluding, limiting, restricting, or reducing coverage under a medical malpractice insurance policy based solely upon the legal use or prescription in this state of any drug prescribed for the purpose of an abortion, including both generic and brand name drugs, that has not been approved by the food and drug administration for abortion, provided, however, that such drug shall be a recognized medication for abortion in one of the following established reference compendia:
(1) The WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines;
(2) The WHO Abortion Care Guidance; or
(3) The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Consensus Study Report.
(c) As used in this section, "adverse action" shall mean but not be limited to: (1) refusing to renew or execute a contract or agreement with a health care provider; (2) making a report or commenting to an appropriate private or governmental entity regarding practices of such provider which may violate abortion laws in other states; and (3) increasing in any charge for, or a reduction or other adverse or unfavorable change in the terms of coverage or amount for, any medical malpractice insurance contract or agreement with a health care provider.
(d) As used in this section, "medical malpractice insurance" shall have the meaning set forth in section five thousand five hundred one of this chapter.
