Assembly Bill A10425

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York State medical indemnity fund account payments

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2023-A10425 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9694
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2999-i, Pub Health L; amd §5, Chap 517 of 2016

2023-A10425 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the New York State medical indemnity fund account payments; extends provisions relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2023-A10425 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10425
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the New York state
   medical indemnity fund account payments; and to amend chapter  517  of
   the  laws of 2016, amending the public health law relating to payments
   from the New York state medical indemnity fund,  in  relation  to  the
   effectiveness  thereof;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  certain
   provisions of the public health law upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of subdivision 6 of section 2999-i of the
 public health law, as amended by section 2 of part K of  chapter  57  of
 the laws of 2019, is amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as
 follows:
   (d)  The  suspension  of  enrollment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
 subdivision shall not impact payment under the fund  for  any  qualified
 plaintiffs  already enrolled in the fund FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE QUALI-
 FIED PLAINTIFF'S LIFE.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF  LAW,  RULE  OR
 REGULATION  TO  THE CONTRARY, THE FUND ACCOUNT IS AUTHORIZED TO MAINTAIN
 PAYMENTS FOR QUALIFIED PLAINTIFFS ALREADY ENROLLED IN THE FUND  FOR  THE
 ENTIRE  STATE  FISCAL  YEAR  EVEN IF TOTAL EXPENDITURES EXCEED AVAILABLE
 APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY.
   (E) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY, ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND ANNUALLY
 THEREAFTER,  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER SHALL TRANSFER MONEY FROM THE STATE
 TREASURY INTO THE FUND ACCOUNT IN AN AMOUNT WHICH SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO
 AVOID SUSPENSION OF NEW ENROLLMENT FOR THE  ENTIRE  STATE  FISCAL  YEAR.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRA-
 RY, ANY APPROPRIATION(S) IN THE ENACTED  STATE  BUDGET  THAT  AUTHORIZES
 DISBURSEMENT  OF FUNDS FROM THE FUND ACCOUNT SHALL INCREASE BY AN AMOUNT
 THAT IS EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO SUPPORT  SUCH  DISBURSEMENT  OF
 MONEY  IN  THE FUND ACCOUNT THAT WILL AVOID SUSPENSION OF NEW ENROLLMENT
 FOR THE ENTIRE STATE FISCAL YEAR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15721-01-4

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.