Assembly Bill A6290

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires insurance companies to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a health care provider in certain circumstances

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A6290 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง4406-f, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A3929
2015-2016: A368
2017-2018: A1728
2019-2020: A2839
2021-2022: A3215
2023-2024: A3676

2011-A6290 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance companies to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a health care provider in certain circumstances.

2011-A6290 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6290

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  insur-
  ance  companies  to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a
  health care provider in certain circumstances

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
4406-f to read as follows:
  S 4406-F. PAYMENT  FOR  OUT-OF-NETWORK  HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES;  JOINT
CHECKS. AN INSURANCE COMPANY SUBJECT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF THIS CHAP-
TER,  SHALL  ISSUE AND PROVIDE AN INSURED WITH A JOINT CHECK MADE OUT TO
BOTH THE INSURED AND TO A HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
PAYMENT  TO  SUCH  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDER FOR ANY OUT-OF-NETWORK SERVICES
RENDER TO THE INSURED. SUCH CHECK  SHALL  LIST  THE  FULL  NAME  OF  THE
INSURED  WITH THE WORD "AND" AFTER SUCH NAME FOLLOWED BY THE NAME OF THE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR GROUP PRACTICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08926-01-1

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