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Senate Bill S2539

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals to notify patients of a non-participating physican or health care provider providing treatment at a participating hospital

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2009-S2539 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2805-t, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S182

2009-S2539 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals to notify patients of a non-participating physician or health care provider providing treatment at a participating hospital.

2009-S2539 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2539

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 patient  notifica-
  tion  of services provided by non-participating providers at a partic-
  ipating hospital

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

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
2805-t to read as follows:
  S 2805-T. NOTIFICATION OF NON-PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS PROVIDING TREAT-
MENT AT A PARTICIPATING HOSPITAL. EVERY HOSPITAL SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO
NOTIFY A PATIENT ADMITTED TO SUCH HOSPITAL IF A PHYSICIAN OR HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER  PROVIDING  TREATMENT  TO  SUCH  PATIENT IS NOT A PARTICIPATING
PROVIDER IN THE NETWORK OF ANY INSURER WHOSE PLANS OR POLICIES OF INSUR-
ANCE ARE ACCEPTED BY SUCH HOSPITAL. THE NOTIFICATION  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
SECTION  SHALL BE PRIOR TO SUCH PHYSICIAN OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TREAT-
ING THE PATIENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06148-01-9

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