Assembly Bill A8666

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires providers of insurance policies to maintain a database of health care providers offering foreign language services

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  • Introduced
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    • 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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2011-A8666 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3102, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A802
2015-2016: A3268
2017-2018: A5408
2019-2020: A3994

2011-A8666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires providers of insurance policies to maintain a database, available to clients of such insurance providers, of doctors, physicians and health care providers offering foreign language services.

2011-A8666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8666

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            October 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to maintaining a database
  of  certain  foreign  language  services as required by federal health
  care reform laws

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

  Section  1.  Section  3102 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
new subsection (g) to read as follows:
  (G) FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERVICES DATABASE REQUIREMENT.   THE PROVIDER  OF
ANY INSURANCE POLICY REQUIRED UNDER THE UNITED STATES PATIENT PROTECTION
AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (PUB. L. NO.  111-148, 124 STAT. 119 (2010)) AND
THE  UNITED  STATES HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010
(PUB. L. NO. 111-152, 124 STAT. 1029 (2010)) TO PROVIDE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
SERVICES SHALL MAINTAIN A DATABASE, AVAILABLE TO EVERY CUSTOMER,  CLIENT
OR  INSURED  INDIVIDUAL  UNDER  SUCH  PROVIDER'S POLICIES. SUCH DATABASE
SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME, LOCATION,  SPECIALTY  AND  LANGUAGES  SPOKEN  BY
DOCTORS,  PHYSICIANS  AND  OTHER  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDERS COVERED BY SUCH
INSURANCE PROVIDER'S POLICIES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
before such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13510-02-1

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