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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 1, 2011
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Introduced  by  M. of A. MORELLE, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to notification by hospi-
  tals

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

  Section  1. Section 3224-a of the insurance law is amended by adding a
new subsection (i) to read as follows:
  (I) AN INSURER OR ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION  LICENSED  OR  CERTIFIED
PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OR ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER
OR ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW  MAY,  PURSUANT  TO  A
CONTRACT  WITH  A  HOSPITAL, REQUIRE NOTIFICATION BY THE HOSPITAL OF ITS
INSURED'S ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE INSURER
OR ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION SHALL NOT DENY OR REDUCE  PAYMENT  OTHER-
WISE  DUE  TO  THE  HOSPITAL FOR ANY SERVICES DETERMINED BY THE INSURER,
ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION TO BE MEDICALLY NECESSARY SOLELY DUE TO  THE
FAILURE OF THE HOSPITAL TO TIMELY NOTIFY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





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