Senate Bill S3943

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to health care professional applications and terminations

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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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2017-S3943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2704
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4406-d, Pub Health L; amd §4803, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5762, A6498
2015-2016: S4751, A1212
2019-2020: S3463, A2835
2021-2022: S2528, A4177
2023-2024: S3282, A1777

2017-S3943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to health care professional applications and terminations.

2017-S3943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3943
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
   to health care professional applications and terminations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 4406-d of the public health law, as added by chap-
 ter 705 of the laws of 1996, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 425  of
 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4406-d. Health care professional applications and terminations.  1.
 (a) A health care plan shall, upon request, make available and  disclose
 to  health care professionals written application procedures and minimum
 qualification requirements which a health care professional must meet in
 order to be considered by the health care plan. The plan  shall  consult
 with appropriately qualified health care professionals in developing its
 qualification  requirements. A health care plan shall complete review of
 the health care professional's application to participate in the in-net-
 work portion of the health care plan's network and shall,  within  sixty
 days  of receiving a health care professional's completed application to
 participate in the health care plan's network, notify  the  health  care
 professional  as  to:  (i)  whether  he  or she is credentialed; or (ii)
 whether additional time is necessary to make a determination because  of
 a  failure  of a third party to provide necessary documentation. In such
 instances where additional time is necessary because of a lack of neces-
 sary documentation, a health plan shall make every effort to obtain such
 information as soon as possible and shall  make  a  final  determination
 within twenty-one days of receiving the necessary documentation.
   (b)  If  the  completed  application  of  a newly-licensed health care
 professional or a health care professional who has recently relocated to
 this state from another state and has not previously practiced  in  this
 state,  who  joins a group practice of health care professionals each of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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