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Senate Bill S417
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S417 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- General Obligations Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §11-108, Gen Ob L; amd §1602, CPLR; amd §4410, Pub Health L
2009-S417 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that whenever health care organizations delay, fail or refuse to approve, provide, arrange for, or pay for in a timely manner any health care service that it is contractually obligated to perform, it shall be liable for any personal injury, death or damages caused by delay, failure or refusal.
2009-S417 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S417 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general obligations law, the civil practice law and rules and the public health law, in relation to holding health care organizations responsible for the consequences of their decisions PURPOSE : To promote the rights of consumers of health care insurance by making insurance providers legally liable for damages resulting from the failure to provide and pay for necessary medical treatment. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Legislative Findings. Section 2. Amends the General Obligations Law by adding a new Section 11-108 to provide that a health insurance carrier, health maintenance organization or other managed care entity for a health care plan has the duty to make prompt and adequate health care available to all insureds and enrollees and can be held liable for damages for harm or personal injury caused by its failure to exercise such care. Additionally, health care organizations are not given any immunity from liability if an enrollee either chooses to receive treatment from another provider or finds another source of payment for such treatment. This section also prohibits a health care organization from
2009-S417 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 417 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BRESLIN, ADAMS, DILAN, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, KRUGER, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SCHNEIDERMAN, SMITH, STACHOWSKI, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, the civil practice law and rules and the public health law, in relation to holding health care organizations responsible for the consequences of their decisions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that a wide variety of entities are integrating the functions of paying for health care, determining what health care is paid for, and providing the care. This integration is breaking down traditional distinctions as to func- tion. Increasingly, payor determinations are governing health care and controlling decisions that in the past were the exclusive domain of health care professionals and patients. The legislature further finds that this integration makes it imperative that health care organizations be held fully responsible for the consequences of their decisions, much as health care professionals have been held responsible for the conse- quences of their decisions. S 2. The general obligations law is amended by adding a new section 11-108 to read as follows: S 11-108. RESPONSIBILITY OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS. 1. DEFI- NITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHERWISE: (A) "HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION" MEANS AN ENTITY THAT APPROVES, PROVIDES, ARRANGES FOR, OR PAYS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN ENTITY LICENSED UNDER THE INSURANCE LAW OR LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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