Assembly Bill A3676

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires insurance companies to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a health care provider in certain circumstances

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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

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2023-A3676 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §4406-i, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6290
2013-2014: A3929
2015-2016: A368
2017-2018: A1728
2019-2020: A2839
2021-2022: A3215

2023-A3676 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance companies to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a health care provider in certain circumstances.

2023-A3676 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3676
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  insur-
   ance  companies  to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a
   health care provider in certain circumstances

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 4406-i to read as follows:
   § 4406-I. PAYMENT  FOR  OUT-OF-NETWORK  HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES;  JOINT
 CHECKS. AN INSURANCE COMPANY SUBJECT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO OF THIS CHAP-
 TER,  SHALL  ISSUE AND PROVIDE AN INSURED WITH A JOINT CHECK MADE OUT TO
 BOTH THE INSURED AND TO A HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 PAYMENT  TO  SUCH  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDER FOR ANY OUT-OF-NETWORK SERVICES
 RENDERED TO THE INSURED. SUCH CHECK SHALL LIST  THE  FULL  NAME  OF  THE
 INSURED  WITH THE WORD "AND" AFTER SUCH NAME FOLLOWED BY THE NAME OF THE
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR GROUP PRACTICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08348-01-3



              

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