Assembly Bill A8004

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits approved providers of child health insurance coverage from discriminating against health care providers not participating in the insurer's network

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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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2025-A8004 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5812
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2511, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5756
2011-2012: A2550
2013-2014: A4045
2015-2016: A2918
2017-2018: A3866, S8744
2019-2020: A3654, S6760
2021-2022: A1523, S2212
2023-2024: A9541, S4922

2025-A8004 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits approved organizations providing coverage under the child health insurance plan from discriminating against health care providers which do not participate in the organization's health care network.

2025-A8004 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8004
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 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.
                                                            LBD10296-01-5

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