Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to health |
Jan 27, 2015 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S2626
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- 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
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2626 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to payment for services performed in an office-based surgical facility PURPOSE: To require health plans to provide payment to a physician for the use of the office-based surgical facility in the performance of medically necessary procedures performed in accredited office-based practices. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends Section 230-d of the public health law to require a health plan to provide reimbursement to physician for the use of the office-based surgical facility in addition to the fee charged for the performance of a medically necessary procedure involving a health plan enrollee or insured, provided that such office-based surgical facility has achieved accredited status as required by Section 230-d(2). EXISTING LAW: Current law requires physicians in whose practice office-based surgery is performed to obtain and maintain full accredited status by a nationally-recognized accredited agency approved by the Commissioner of Health. There are three accreditation entities which have been
2015-S2626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2626 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to payment for services performed in an office-based surgical facility THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 230-d of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 6. ANY LICENSEE WHO OBTAINS ACCREDITED STATUS AS SET FORTH PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE PAYMENT FROM A HEALTH PLAN FOR THE USE OF THE OFFICE-BASED SURGICAL FACILITY IN ADDITION TO THE FEE CHARGED FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MEDICALLY NECESSARY PROCEDURE INVOLVING A HEALTH PLAN ENROLLEE OR INSURED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "HEALTH PLAN" SHALL BE DEFINED AS AN INSURER THAT IS LICENSED UNDER THE INSURANCE LAW TO WRITE ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE, OR THAT IS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW, OR IS CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02866-01-5
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.