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Assembly Bill A9081

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a health insurance anti-fraud and patient identification program

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2011-A9081 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง4242, Ins L

2011-A9081 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a health insurance anti-fraud and patient identification program, requiring health insurance companies to issue "smart cards", utilizing biometric technology, to combat health insurance patient identity fraud.

2011-A9081 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9081

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to establishing a  health
  insurance anti-fraud and patient identification program

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

  Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new  section  4242
to read as follows:
  S   4242.  HEALTH  INSURANCE  ANTI-FRAUD  AND  PATIENT  IDENTIFICATION
PROGRAM. 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL IMPLEMENT A HEALTH INSURANCE  ANTI-
FRAUD  AND  PATIENT  IDENTIFICATION  PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL REQUIRE HEALTH
CARE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO UTILIZE BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY  TO  ACCURATELY
IDENTIFY  POLICY  HOLDERS OR ANY PERSONS COVERED UNDER A POLICY HOLDER'S
HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY.
  2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL REQUIRE  HEALTH  INSURANCE  COMPANIES  TO  ISSUE
HEALTH  INSURANCE  SMART  CARDS  NO  LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
FOURTEEN.  SUCH CARD SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE PRESENTED TO  EACH  MEDICAL
FACILITY  OR  PHARMACY  TO  PROVE A PERSON'S IDENTIFY PRIOR TO RECEIVING
HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR MEDICATION.
  3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A)  "BIOMETRIC  TECHNOLOGY"  SHALL  MEAN TECHNOLOGY THAT MEASURES AND
ANALYZES BIOLOGICAL DATA, INCLUDING HUMAN BODY CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH  AS
DNA,  FINGERPRINTS,  VASCULAR  PATTERNS,  EYE  RETINAS AND IRISES, VOICE
PATTERNS, FACIAL PATTERNS  AND  HAND  MEASUREMENTS,  FOR  AUTHENTICATION
PURPOSES.
  (B)  "SMART CARD" SHALL MEAN AN IDENTIFICATION CARD UTILIZATION BIOME-
TRIC TECHNOLOGY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a law; provided, however that the superintendent of insur-
ance is hereby authorized to promulgate all rules  and  regulations  and
take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective
date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13678-01-1

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