ALBANY – Assemblyman Brian Maher is urging Governor Hochul to sign a bill that would require state-regulated health insurance plans, including Medicaid, to cover biomarker testing when supported by medical and scientific evidence.
Biomarker testing can determine the best treatment for cancer and other life-threatening conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, preeclampsia and Parkinson’s, said Maher.
“I am personally invested in this bill being signed into law as I lost my grandmother Lucille Spina before I was born because early detection was not readily available,” he said. “However, my Aunt Rosa Garcia is a cancer survivor. My aunt and many others benefited from early detection and are alive today because of it. We have the opportunity to help countless others by signing this bill into law.”
The American Cancer Society, the New York NAACP, the ALS Association and dozens of other groups have expressed support for this legislation.
