Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to insurance |
May 09, 2017 |
print number 5764a |
May 09, 2017 |
amend and recommit to insurance |
Apr 28, 2017 |
referred to insurance |
Senate Bill S5764A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance 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
Bill Amendments
2017-S5764 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A569
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3216, 4235, 4301 & 4322, Ins L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S4321, A8171
2011-2012: S4870, A187
2013-2014: S2319, A1666
2015-2016: S28, A1063
2019-2020: S3751, A405
2021-2022: S3562, A594
2023-2024: S1470, A6345
2017-S5764 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5764 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to physical therapy services PURPOSE : To limit the imposition of co-payments for physical therapy services to no more than twenty percent of the reimbursement to the provider of care. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Sections 1 through 5 prohibit payors from imposing costs on insureds for the provision of physical therapy services in excess of 20 percent of the reimbursement to the provider of care. Section 6. Effective Date. JUSTIFICATION : This bill will protect consumers by prohibiting plans from inappropriately shifting the cost of physical therapy care to consumers by limiting co-payments to no more than 20 percent of the total reimbursement to the provider of care. Under existing law, health plans must cover physical therapy services. Despite that
2017-S5764 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5764 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 28, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to physical therapy services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 23 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 593 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: (23) If a policy provides for reimbursement for physical and occupa- tional therapy service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed physical or occupational therapist, an insured shall be entitled to reimbursement for such service whether the said service is performed by a physician or through a duly licensed physical or occupa- tional therapist, provided however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to impair any terms of such policy including appropriate utilization review and the requirement that said service be performed pursuant to a medical order, or a similar or related service of a physi- cian PROVIDED THAT SUCH TERMS SHALL NOT IMPOSE CO-PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF TWENTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT TO THE PROVIDER OF CARE OR DIFFERENT DEDUCTIBLES, CO-PAYMENTS OR CO-INSURANCE AMOUNTS ON THE BASIS OF THE SETTING IN WHICH SUCH PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES ARE RENDERED OR WHETHER THE SERVICES ARE PERFORMED BY A PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR PHYSICIAN. § 2. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 1 of subsection (f) of section 4235 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: (A) Any policy of group accident, group health or group accident and health insurance may include provisions for the payment by the insurer of benefits for expenses incurred on account of hospital, medical or surgical care or physical and occupational therapy by licensed physical and occupational therapists upon the prescription or referral of a EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2017-S5764A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A569
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3216, 4235, 4301 & 4322, Ins L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S4321, A8171
2011-2012: S4870, A187
2013-2014: S2319, A1666
2015-2016: S28, A1063
2019-2020: S3751, A405
2021-2022: S3562, A594
2023-2024: S1470, A6345
2017-S5764A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5764A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to physical therapy services PURPOSE : To limit the imposition of co-payments for physical therapy services to no more than twenty percent of the reimbursement to the provider of care. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Sections 1 through 5 prohibit payors from imposing costs on insureds for the provision of physical therapy services in excess of 20 percent of the reimbursement to the provider of care. Section 6. Effective Date. JUSTIFICATION : This bill will protect consumers by prohibiting plans from inappropriately shifting the cost of physical therapy care to consumers by limiting co-payments to no more than 20 percent of the
2017-S5764A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5764--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 28, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to physical therapy services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 23 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 593 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: (23) If a policy provides for reimbursement for physical and occupa- tional therapy service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed physical or occupational therapist, an insured shall be entitled to reimbursement for such service whether the said service is performed by a physician or through a duly licensed physical or occupa- tional therapist, provided however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to impair any terms of such policy including appropriate utilization review and the requirement that said service be performed pursuant to a medical order, or a similar or related service of a physi- cian. AN INSURER SHALL NOT IMPOSE A COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE AMOUNT CHARGED TO THE INSURED FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR EACH DATE OF SERVICE BY A PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW THAT IS GREATER THAN THE COPAYMENT OR COINSURANCE AMOUNT IMPOSED ON THE INSURED FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE INSURED FOR AN OFFICE VISIT FOR THE SERVICE OF A LICENSED PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR OSTEOPATH FOR THE SAME OR A SIMILAR DIAGNOSED CONDITION EVEN IF A DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONDITION FOR WHICH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01314-02-7
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