Assembly Bill A3999

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to actions by health care providers against patients

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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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2021-A3999 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3224-e, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1518
2011-2012: A866
2013-2014: A1681
2015-2016: A4751
2017-2018: A4015
2019-2020: A4834
2023-2024: A2558

2021-A3999 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to actions by health care providers against patients; provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to an action by a health care provider against a patient for recovery of payment for an outstanding bill that such health care provider failed to submit such insurance claim to the patient's insurer in a timely manner.

2021-A3999 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3999
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  PERRY,  GOTTFRIED, M. MILLER, CRUZ,
   SAYEGH, EPSTEIN, GRIFFIN,  HYNDMAN,  DICKENS,  STIRPE,  TAYLOR,  NIOU,
   LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, J. RIVERA,
   SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to actions by health care
   providers against patients
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3224-e
 to read as follows:
   § 3224-E. ACTIONS  BY  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS  RELATED  TO  INSURANCE
 CLAIMS.  IN  ANY  ACTION  BROUGHT  BY  A  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AGAINST A
 PATIENT TO  RECOVER  PAYMENT  FOR  AN  OUTSTANDING  BILL,  FOR  SERVICES
 RENDERED  BY  SUCH  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER,  IT  SHALL BE AN AFFIRMATIVE
 DEFENSE TO SUCH ACTION THAT THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER  FAILED  TO  SUBMIT
 THE INSURANCE CLAIM TO THE PATIENT'S INSURER IN A TIMELY MANNER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law, and shall apply to civil actions brought on or  after
 such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05990-01-1

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