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Feb 05, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A4751
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
COLTON
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
co-Sponsors
N. Nick Perry
Michael G. Miller
Richard Gottfried
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Jose Rivera
2015-A4751 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S3161
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง3224-d, Ins L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A1518, S1738
2011-2012: A866, S1222
2013-2014: A1681, S649
2017-2018: A4015, S5227
2019-2020: A4834, S2923
2021-2022: A3999
2023-2024: A2558
2015-A4751 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to actions by health care providers against patients; provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to an action by a health care provider against a patient for recovery of payment for an outstanding bill that such health care provider failed to submit such insurance claim to the patient's insurer in a timely manner.
2015-A4751 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4751 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to actions by health care providers against patients THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3224-d to read as follows: S 3224-D. ACTIONS BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS RELATED TO INSURANCE CLAIMS. IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AGAINST A PATIENT TO RECOVER PAYMENT FOR AN OUTSTANDING BILL, FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY SUCH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, IT SHALL BE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO SUCH ACTION THAT THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FAILED TO SUBMIT THE INSURANCE CLAIM TO THE PATIENT'S INSURER IN A TIMELY MANNER. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law, and shall apply to civil actions brought on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04929-01-5
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