Assembly Bill A3994

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires providers of insurance policies to maintain a database of health care providers offering foreign language services

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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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2019-A3994 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3245
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3102, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8666
2013-2014: A802
2015-2016: A3268, S7740
2017-2018: A5408, S3587
2021-2022: S3679
2023-2024: S1849

2019-A3994 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires providers of insurance policies to maintain a database of health care providers offering foreign language services.

2019-A3994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3994
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
   CRESPO, PERRY, RAMOS, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to maintaining a database
   of  certain  foreign  language  services as required by federal health
   care reform laws

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3102 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
 new subsection (g) to read as follows:
   (G) FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERVICES DATABASE REQUIREMENT.   THE PROVIDER  OF
 ANY INSURANCE POLICY REQUIRED UNDER THE UNITED STATES PATIENT PROTECTION
 AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (PUB. L. NO.  111-148, 124 STAT. 119 (2010)) AND
 THE  UNITED  STATES HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010
 (PUB. L. NO. 111-152, 124 STAT. 1029 (2010)) TO PROVIDE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
 SERVICES SHALL MAINTAIN A DATABASE, AVAILABLE TO EVERY CUSTOMER,  CLIENT
 OR  INSURED  INDIVIDUAL  UNDER  SUCH  PROVIDER'S POLICIES. SUCH DATABASE
 SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME, LOCATION,  SPECIALTY  AND  LANGUAGES  SPOKEN  BY
 DOCTORS,  PHYSICIANS  AND  OTHER  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDERS COVERED BY SUCH
 INSURANCE PROVIDER'S POLICIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07287-01-9

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