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Assembly Bill A3165

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires insurance providers to remove the names of any non-participating physicians from their website

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2009-A3165 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3217-a & 4324, Ins L; amd §4408, Pub Health L

2009-A3165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance providers to remove the names of any non-participating physicians from their website.

2009-A3165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3165

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRADLEY, SCARBOROUGH, SCHIMMINGER, FIELDS, LATIM-
  ER,  CLARK,  GALEF,  MAYERSOHN, ENGLEBRIGHT, GREENE, PHEFFER -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.   ALFANO, AUBRY,  BACALLES,  BARRA,  BRENNAN,
  CAMARA,  COLTON,  COOK,  DelMONTE,  GLICK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, HIKIND,
  JACOBS, LAVINE, McENENY, MILLMAN, REILLY, J. RIVERA, N. RIVERA, SEMIN-
  ERIO, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
  to  the display of participating physicians on an insurance provider's
  website

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

  Section  1.    Paragraph 17 of subsection (a) of section 3217-a of the
insurance law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  (17) where applicable, a listing by specialty, which may be in a sepa-
rate  document that is updated annually, of the name, address, and tele-
phone number of all participating providers, including  facilities,  and
in  addition,  in the case of physicians, board certification, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT AN INSURER WHICH ELECTS TO POST SUCH INFORMATION ELECTRON-
ICALLY ON ITS WEBSITE SHALL:
  (A) REMOVE ANY NON-PARTICIPATING PROVIDER FROM ITS LIST WITHIN  THIRTY
CALENDAR  DAYS  FROM  THE  DATE  WHEN: (I) THE PROVIDER HAS NOTIFIED THE
INSURER, IN WRITING, IT WILL NO LONGER PARTICIPATE WITH THE INSURER;  OR
(II)  THE  CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INSURER AND PROVIDER CEASES
TO BE IN EFFECT; AND
  (B) INCLUDE A PROVISION  IN  CONTRACTS  WITH  PARTICIPATING  PROVIDERS
UNDER  WHICH  THE  INSURER,  WHEN IT FAILS TO REMOVE A NON-PARTICIPATING
PROVIDER FROM ITS WEBSITE WITHIN SUCH THIRTY DAY PERIOD, SHALL BE LIABLE
FOR OUT-OF-NETWORK RATES FOR SERVICES RENDERED  BY  A  NON-PARTICIPATING
PROVIDER  TO  AN  INSURED  FROM THE DATE SUCH NON-PARTICIPATING PROVIDER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03277-01-9
              

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