Assembly Actions -
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Mar 22, 2012 |
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Assembly Bill A9644
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MORELLE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Peter Rivera
David Weprin
Michael Benedetto
Nancy Calhoun
multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Janet Duprey
Stephen Hawley
Dov Hikind
2011-A9644 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A9644 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9644 I N A S S E M B L Y March 22, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing for the use of treatment guidelines under the comprehensive motor vehicle repara- tions act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 5108 of the insurance law is amended to read as follows: S 5108. Limit on charges by providers of health services. (a) The charges for services specified in paragraph one of subsection (a) of section five thousand one hundred two of this article and any further health service charges which are incurred as a result of the injury and which are in excess of basic economic loss, shall not exceed the charges permissible under the schedules prepared and established by the chairman of the workers' compensation board for industrial accidents, except where the insurer or arbitrator determines that unusual procedures or unique circumstances justify the excess charge, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TREATMENT GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION. AT NO TIME SHALL AN INSURER PAY ANY CHARGE THAT EXCEEDS THE CHARGES PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE SCHEDULE PREPARED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE CHAIR OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD. (b) The superintendent, after consulting with the chairman of the workers' compensation board and the commissioner of health, shall promulgate rules and regulations implementing and coordinating the provisions of this article and the workers' compensation law with respect to charges for the professional health services specified in paragraph one of subsection (a) of section five thousand one hundred two of this article, including the establishment of schedules for all such services for which schedules have not been prepared and established by the chairman of the workers' compensation board, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD AND THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL PROMULGATE TREATMENT GUIDELINES EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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