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Senate Bill S3037
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S3037 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3217-b & 4325, Ins L; amd §4406-c, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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2009-S3037 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3037 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation to prohibiting accident and health insurers from offering incentives to health care providers to prescribe a specific drug or medical product PURPOSE : To prohibit insurers from offering incentives to health care providers for issuing or changing prescriptions. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 - Amends section 3217 -b of the Insurance Law to add new subsection (i), which prohibits an insurer from providing payment or incentive to a health care provider to issue or change a prescription for a specific drug or medical product. Section 2 - Amends section 4325 of the Insurance Law to add new subsection (i), which prohibits an insurer from providing payment or incentive to a health care provider to issue or change a prescription for specific drug or medical product. Section 3 - Amends section 4406-c of the Public Health Law to add a new subdivision 5-d, which prohibits a healthcare plan from providing payment or incentive to a health care provider to issue or change a prescription for a specific drug or medical product. Section 4- Effective date is ninety days after becoming a law.
2009-S3037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3037 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 10, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAND -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation to prohibiting accident and health insurers from offering incentives to health care providers to prescribe a specific drug or medical prod- uct THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3217-b of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (i) to read as follows: (I) NO INSURER SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, BY CONTRACT, WRITTEN POLICY OR PROCEDURE OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, PROVIDE PAYMENT OR ANY OTHER INCENTIVE TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO ISSUE OR CHANGE A PRESCRIPTION FOR A SPECIFIC DRUG OR MEDICAL PRODUCT. VIOLATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINE OF THIS CHAPTER. S 2. Section 4325 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (i) to read as follows: (I) NO INSURER SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, BY CONTRACT, WRITTEN POLICY OR PROCEDURE OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, PROVIDE PAYMENT OR ANY OTHER INCENTIVE TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO ISSUE OR CHANGE A PRESCRIPTION FOR A SPECIFIC DRUG OR MEDICAL PRODUCT. VIOLATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINE OF THIS CHAPTER. S 3. Section 4406-c of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5-d to read as follows: 5-D. NO HEALTH CARE PLAN SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, BY CONTRACT, WRITTEN POLICY OR PROCEDURE OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, PROVIDE PAYMENT OR ANY OTHER INCENTIVE TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO ISSUE OR CHANGE A PRESCRIPTION FOR A SPECIFIC DRUG OR MEDICAL PRODUCT. S 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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