Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 28, 2009 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A3688
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRADLEY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A3688 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Insurance
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4406-c, Pub Health L; amd §§3217-b & 4325, Ins L
2009-A3688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3688 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRADLEY, JACOBS, FIELDS, GUNTHER, GALEF, BENEDET- TO, CLARK, MAGNARELLI, TITONE, ALESSI, KOON, PHEFFER, LANCMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, BOYLAND, CHRISTENSEN, COLTON, DelMONTE, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HYER-SPENCER, JOHN, LATIMER, MAISEL, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, PERRY, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation to altering the terms of a health care plan THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4406-c of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5-d to read as follows: 5-D. A PROVIDER OF A HEALTH CARE PLAN MAY NOT DURING THE TERM OF A CONTRACT WITH A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT RESULT IN A MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE TO SUCH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" SHALL MEAN ANY CHANGE IN A HEALTH CARE PLAN'S POLICIES THAT COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE IMPACT ON: (A) THE LEVEL OF REIMBURSEMENT BY A HEALTH CARE PLAN TO A CONTRACTING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; OR (B) THE ADMINISTRATION OF A CONTRACTING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER'S PRAC- TICE. S 2. Section 3217-b of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (f-1) to read as follows: (F-1) AN INSURER MAY NOT DURING THE TERM OF A CONTRACT WITH A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT RESULT IN A MATERI- AL ADVERSE CHANGE TO SUCH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" SHALL MEAN ANY CHANGE IN AN INSUR- ER'S POLICIES THAT COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE IMPACT ON: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03360-01-9
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