N.Y. Public Health Law Section 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 § 2500-K (Maternal depression)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.

Source: Section 4406-F — Maternal depression screenings, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/4406-F (updated Feb. 6, 2015; accessed Jan. 17, 2026).

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Statement of policy and purposes 4401
Definitions 4402
Health maintenance organizations 4403
Health maintenance organizations 4403–A
Special purpose certificate of authority 4403–B
Development of comprehensive health services plans 4403–C
Comprehensive HIV special needs plan certification 4403–D
Special needs managed care plans 4403–E
Primary care partial capitation providers 4403–F
Managed long term care plans 4403–G
Developmental disability individual support and care coordination organizations 4404
Health maintenance organizations 4405
Health maintenance organizations 4405–A
Immunizations against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria and rubella 4405–B
Duty to report 4406
Health maintenance organizations 4406–A
Arbitration provisions of health maintenance organization contracts 4406–B
Primary and preventive obstetric and gynecologic care 4406–C
Prohibitions 4406–D
Health care professional applications and terminations 4406–E
Access to end of life care 4406–F
Maternal depression screenings 4406–G
Telehealth delivery of services 4406–H
Health care facility applications 4406–I
Utilization review determinations for medically fragile children 4407
Health maintenance organizations 4408
Disclosure of information 4408–A
Integrated delivery systems 4408–A*2
Grievance procedure 4409
Health maintenance organizations 4410
Health maintenance organizations 4411
Construction 4412
Separability 4413
Savings clause 4414
Health care compliance programs 4416
Excess reserves of certain health maintenance organizations
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Verified:
Jan. 17, 2026

Last modified:
Feb. 6, 2015

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