Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to health |
Oct 02, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6760
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 32nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
2019-S6760 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3654
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2511, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A5756
2011-2012: A2550
2013-2014: A4045
2015-2016: A2918
2017-2018: S8744, A3866
2021-2022: S2212, A1523
2023-2024: S4922, A9541
2019-S6760 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6760 SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting approved organizations in the child health insurance plan from limiting the participation of certain health care providers PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA: This bill would prohibit insurance companies that administer the Child Health Plus program from requiring that participating health care providers also sign up for the commercial health care network operated by the insurer. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill would add a new paragraph (d) to subdivision 7 of section 2511 of the Public Health Law to prohibit an approved organization adminis- tering the Child Health Plus program from denying or limiting the provision of health care services by a provider on the grounds that the provider refuses to participate in a commercial health care network
2019-S6760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6760 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E October 2, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting approved organizations in the child health insurance plan from limit- ing the participation of certain health care providers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2511 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: (D) NO APPROVED ORGANIZATION SHALL PROHIBIT OR IN ANY WAY LIMIT THE PROVISION OF COVERED HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ON THE GROUNDS THAT SUCH PROVIDER CHOOSES NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A HEALTH CARE NETWORK MAINTAINED BY SUCH APPROVED ORGANIZATION TO SERVE COMMER- CIAL INSUREDS, ENROLLEES OR SUBSCRIBERS. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06631-01-9
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