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Senate Bill S7432

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to develop a patient wellness bill of rights to inform patients of those services provided under wellness care and when such services become diagnostic and treatment services

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2015-S7432 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 17 ยงยง1701 & 1702, Pub Health L

2015-S7432 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to develop a patient wellness bill of rights to inform patients of those services provided under wellness care and when such services become diagnostic and treatment services.

2015-S7432 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7432 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7432

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  establishment
  of a patient wellness bill of rights

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

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 17
to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 17
                     PATIENT WELLNESS BILL OF RIGHTS
SECTION 1701. PATIENT WELLNESS BILL OF RIGHTS.
        1702. DUTY TO INFORM.
  S 1701. PATIENT WELLNESS BILL OF RIGHTS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVEL-
OP AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO ACCIDENT AND  HEALTH  INSURERS,  PROVIDERS  AND
PATIENTS  A  PATIENT  WELLNESS  BILL OF RIGHTS IN ORDER TO MAKE PATIENTS
AWARE OF THE FREE WELLNESS SCREENINGS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO
THE FEDERAL PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (P.L.111-148), AS
AMENDED BY THE FEDERAL HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION  ACT  OF
2010  (P.L.  111-152),  AND  TO HELP PATIENTS AVOID UNEXPECTED BILLS FOR
NON-COVERED SERVICES. SUCH BILL OF RIGHTS  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
LIMITED TO:
  1.  A  STATEMENT  DESCRIBING A PATIENT'S RIGHT TO CERTAIN SERVICES AND
SCREENINGS WITHOUT COST SHARING, AND A LIST OF SUCH SERVICES AS WELL  AS
THE OVERALL PURPOSE AND NATURE OF A WELLNESS VISIT; AND
  2.  A STATEMENT DESCRIBING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WELLNESS VISIT AND
A PHYSICAL OR DIAGNOSTIC VISIT, INCLUDING NOTICE THAT A  WELLNESS  VISIT
MAY  BECOME  A  DIAGNOSTIC  VISIT  REQUIRING  COST SHARING UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES ACCOMPANIED BY EXAMPLES OF SITUATIONS IN WHICH  A  PATIENT
SHOULD  INQUIRE  AS  TO  WHETHER  A  SCREENING  OR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE IS
COVERED AS A FREE WELLNESS VISIT SERVICE OR WHETHER THE PATIENT WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE.
  S 1702. DUTY TO INFORM. PATIENTS RECEIVING FREE WELLNESS SCREENINGS OR
SERVICES IN AN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF A  GENERAL  HOSPITAL,  OR  IN  A
DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT CENTER LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF

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

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