Senate Bill S5927

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Promotes transparency and equity in the utilization review process by ensuring that agents are independent, having no existing relationships with the reviewed entity

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • 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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2015-S5927 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8145
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4905, Pub Health L; amd §4905, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S2663, A3232
2019-2020: A3895

2015-S5927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Promotes transparency and equity in the utilization review process by ensuring that agents are independent, having no existing relationships with the reviewed entity.

2015-S5927 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5927

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
  to utilization review agents

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

  Section  1. Section 4905 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
  16. A UTILIZATION REVIEW AGENT SHALL NOT CONDUCT A REVIEW OF ANY ENTI-
TY IN WHICH IT HAS "MATERIAL FAMILIAL AFFILIATION", "MATERIAL  FINANCIAL
AFFILIATION" OR "MATERIAL PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION".
  S  2.  Section  4905  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
subsection (p) to read as follows:
  (P) A UTILIZATION REVIEW AGENT SHALL NOT CONDUCT A REVIEW OF ANY ENTI-
TY IN WHICH IT HAS "MATERIAL FAMILIAL AFFILIATION", "MATERIAL  FINANCIAL
AFFILIATION" OR "MATERIAL PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION".
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11508-01-5


              

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