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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A1308
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ZEBROWSKI
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2013-A1308 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A1308 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1308 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring medical insurers to permit patients to assign their payment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 30 to read as follows: (30) EVERY POLICY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL, MAJOR-MEDICAL OR SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE-TYPE COVERAGE SHALL PERMIT A PATIENT TO ASSIGN HIS OR HER PAYMENT TO THE PROVIDER OF SUCH HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PROVIDER IS IN THE NETWORK OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OFFERED BY THE INSURER ISSUING THE POLICY, PROVIDED THAT THE SERVICES RENDERED TO THE PATIENT BY THE PROVIDER ARE OTHERWISE COVERED UNDER THE POLICY. S 2. Section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (s) to read as follows: (S) EVERY GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE WHICH PROVIDES HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL COVERAGE SHALL PERMIT A PATIENT TO ASSIGN HIS OR HER PAYMENT TO THE PROVIDER OF SUCH HOSPITAL, SURGICAL OR MEDICAL SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PROVIDER IS IN THE NETWORK OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OFFERED BY THE INSURER ISSUING THE POLICY, PROVIDED THAT THE SERVICES RENDERED TO THE PATIENT BY THE PROVIDER ARE OTHERWISE COVERED UNDER THE POLICY. S 3. Section 3224-a of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (j) to read as follows: (J) WHERE PAYMENT FOR ANY PORTION OF A CLAIM IS MADE DIRECTLY TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, SUCH INSURER OR ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE AT THE TIME PAYMENT IS MADE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF SUCH PAYMENT TO THE POLICYHOLDER WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THE CLAIM WAS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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