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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Feb 09, 2017 |
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Assembly Bill A5429
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
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
multi-Sponsors
Andrew Goodell
Nicole Malliotakis
2017-A5429 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A5429 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the crime of unlawful procurement of clients, patients or customers for knowingly acting as a runner, or using, soliciting, directing, hiring or employing another person to act as a runner; a "runner" is defined as a person, who knowingly, for profit, seeks to procure clients, patients or customers on behalf of an attorney or health care provider for the purpose of falsely or fraudulently obtaining benefits under a contract of insurance or asserting a claim against an insurer or insured for the services provided by such attorney or health care provider.
2017-A5429 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5429 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOODELL, MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of unlawful procurement of clients, patients or customers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 176.00 of the penal law is amended by adding three new subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 to read as follows: 6. "PROVIDER" MEANS A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A HEALTH CARE PRACTICE OR FACILITY OR AN ATTORNEY. 7. "PUBLIC MEDIA" MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, PROVIDED THAT THE USE OF SUCH COMMUNICATION DOES NOT INVOLVE IN-PERSON CONTACT WITH A SPECIFIC PROSPECTIVE CLIENT, PATIENT OR CUSTOMER FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETENTION, TREATMENT OR REPRESENTATION IN A PARTICULAR MATTER: TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES, PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORIES, NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PERIODICALS, RADIO AND TELEVISION, BILLBOARDS, BROCHURES, BUSINESS CARDS, NEWSLETTERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PROMOTIONAL ITEMS BRANDING MATERIALS, ADVERTISEMENTS, WEBSITES AND MAILED OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED WRIT- TEN COMMUNICATIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND BRANDINGS. 8. "RUNNER" MEANS A PERSON, NOT A PROVIDER, WHO WITH THE INTENT TO OBTAIN A MATERIAL PECUNIARY BENEFIT, PROCURES OR ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE A CLIENT, PATIENT OR CUSTOMER AT THE DIRECTION OF, REQUEST OF, IN COOPER- ATION WITH, WHILE EMPLOYED BY, OR WITH INTENT TO SOLICIT A FEE FROM, A PROVIDER OR FROM ANY PERSON WHO CREATES THE IMPRESSION THAT HE OR SHE OR HIS OR HER PRACTICE CAN PROVIDE LEGAL OR HEALTH CARE SERVICES. SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE A PERSON WHO PROCURES OR ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE CLIENTS, PATIENTS OR CUSTOMERS FOR A PROVIDER THROUGH PUBLIC MEDIA OR WHO REFERS CLIENTS, PATIENTS OR CUSTOMERS AS AUTHORIZED OR PERMITTED BY LAW OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING PROFESSIONAL CODES OF CONDUCT GOVERNING THE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF A PROVIDER. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT AN AGENT, BROKER OR EMPLOYEE OF A HEALTH MAINTENANCE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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