Senate Bill S1804

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties to managed care organizations

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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-S1804 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §364-j, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S5340

2019-S1804 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no penalties for late, incomplete or inaccurate data shall be assessed against managed care organizations except in cases of fraud or abuse.

2019-S1804 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1804
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  penalties  to
   managed care organizations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 32 of  section  364-j  of  the
 social  services  law, as added by section 15 of part B of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) (I) Penalties under this subdivision may be applied to any and all
 circumstances described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision  until  the
 managed  care organization complies with the requirements for submission
 of encounter data.
   (II) No penalties for late, incomplete or  inaccurate  encounter  data
 shall  be  assessed  against  managed  care organizations in addition to
 those provided for in this subdivision, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  NOTHING
 IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES, IN CASES
 OF FRAUD OR ABUSE, OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law, provided that the amendments to section 364-j of the
 social services law, made by section one of this act, shall  not  affect
 the repeal of such section, and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03583-01-9

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