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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Feb 06, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A4546
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DENDEKKER
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
2013-A4546 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A4546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4546 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 6, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to health insurance coverage for clinical laboratory services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 30 to read as follows: (30) NO SUCH POLICY SHALL LIMIT OR DENY REIMBURSEMENT FOR BENEFITS TO ANY INSURED ON THE BASIS THAT A LABORATORY PROVIDING CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES IS AN OUT-OF-NETWORK PROVIDER, IF AN IN-NETWORK HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DIRECTS SPECIMENS RETRIEVED BY SUCH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO SUCH OUT-OF-NETWORK LABORATORY OR SUCH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DIRECTS THE INSURED TO SUCH OUT-OF-NETWORK LABORATORY FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES. NO SUCH POLICY SHALL PROHIBIT A DULY REGISTERED LABORATORY FROM PROVIDING SERVICES, PROVIDED SUCH LABORATORY AGREES TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR SIMILAR PROVIDERS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY SUCH POLICY. S 2. Subsection (e) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new paragraph 13 to read as follows: (13) NO SUCH GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY SHALL LIMIT OR DENY REIMBURSEMENT FOR BENEFITS TO ANY INSURED ON THE BASIS THAT A LABORATORY PROVIDING CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES IS AN OUT-OF-NETWORK PROVIDER, IF AN IN-NETWORK HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DIRECTS SPECIMENS RETRIEVED BY SUCH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO SUCH OUT-OF-NETWORK LABORATORY OR SUCH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DIRECTS THE INSURED TO SUCH OUT-OF-NETWORK LABORATORY FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES. NO SUCH GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY SHALL PROHIBIT A DULY REGISTERED LABORATORY FROM PROVIDING SERVICES, PROVIDED SUCH LABORATORY AGREES TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR SIMILAR PROVIDERS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY SUCH GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07956-01-3
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