Senate Bill S2886

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts provisions relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans

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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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2009-S2886 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 49 Title III §§4920 - 4928, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3186
2013-2014: S3690
2015-2016: S1157
2017-2018: S3663
2019-2020: S3462
2021-2022: S1575
2023-2024: S4785

2009-S2886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts provisions relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans; applies to health benefit plans that provide benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement offered by certain enumerated entities.

2009-S2886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2886

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requirements  for
  collective  negotiations  by health care providers with certain health
  benefit plans

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Statement of legislative intent. The legislature finds that
collective  negotiation by competing health care providers for the terms
and conditions of contracts with health plans can result  in  beneficial
results  for  health  care  consumers.  The  legislature  further  finds
instances where health plans dominate the market to such a  degree  that
fair  and  adequate  negotiations  between health care providers and the
plans are adversely affected, so that it is necessary and appropriate to
provide for a system of collective  action  on  behalf  of  health  care
providers. Consequently, the legislature finds it appropriate and neces-
sary to authorize collective negotiations on the terms and conditions of
the  relationship between health care plans and health care providers so
the imbalances between the two will not result in adverse conditions  of
health  care.  This  act  is  not  intended to apply to or affect in any
respect  collective  bargaining  relationships  involving  health   care
providers  as defined in section 4920 of the public health law or rights
relating to collective bargaining arising under  applicable  federal  or
state collective bargaining statutes.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "health care
providers collective negotiations act".
  S 3. Article 49 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a  new
title III to read as follows:
                                TITLE III
                 COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS BY HEALTH CARE
                    PROVIDERS WITH HEALTH CARE PLANS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02535-01-9
              

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