N.Y. Public Health Law § 4406-f: Maternal depression screenings

§ 4406-f. Maternal depression screenings. To the extent a plan

provides coverage for maternal depression screening, no health

maintenance organization subject to this article shall by contract,

written policy or procedure limit a patient enrollee's direct access to

screening and referral for maternal depression, as defined in

subdivision one of section twenty-five hundred-k of this chapter, from a

provider of obstetrical, gynecologic, or pediatric services of her

choice; provided that the patient enrollee's access to such services,

coverage and choice of provider is otherwise subject to the terms and

conditions of the plan under which the patient enrollee is covered.