§ 7551. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall apply to
all claims for damages because of injury or death resulting from health
care or treatment rendered or failed to be rendered to enrollees and
other covered family members of health maintenance organizations and all
other claims, cross-claims, counter-claims, and claims for contribution
and indemnity arising from claims subject to agreements to arbitrate
made pursuant to section forty-four hundred six-a of the public health
law and to arbitrations authorized pursuant to section thirty hundred
forty-five of this chapter.