Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 21, 2018 |
approval memo.13 signed chap.455 |
Dec 11, 2018 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2018 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.2106 substituted for s1156c |
Jun 18, 2018 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 14, 2018 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.218 rules report cal.218 reported |
Jun 13, 2018 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 06, 2018 |
reported referred to codes |
May 31, 2018 |
print number 3694c |
May 31, 2018 |
amend and recommit to insurance |
Jan 31, 2018 |
print number 3694b |
Jan 31, 2018 |
amend and recommit to insurance |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to insurance |
Jun 08, 2017 |
print number 3694a |
Jun 08, 2017 |
amend (t) and recommit to insurance |
Jan 30, 2017 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A3694C
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
2017-A3694 - Details
2017-A3694 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3694 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to establishing the mental health and substance abuse parity report act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "mental health and substance abuse parity report act". § 2. Subsection (a) of section 210 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 579 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: (a) The superintendent shall annually publish on or before September first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and annually thereafter, a consumer guide to insurers providing managed care products, individual accident and health insurance or group or blanket accident and health insurance and entities licensed pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law providing comprehensive health service plans which includes, in detail, a ranking from best to worst based upon each company's claim processing or medical payments record during the preceding calendar year using criteria available to the department, adjusted for volume of coverage provided. Such ranking shall also take into consideration the corresponding total number or percentage of claims denied which were reversed or compromised after intervention by the department and the department of health, consumer complaints to the department and the department of health, violations of section three thousand two hundred twenty-four-a of this chapter and other pertinent data which would permit the department to objectively determine a company's performance. The department in publishing such consumer guide shall publish one state-wide guide or no more than five regional guides so as to facili- tate comparisons among individual insurers and entities within a service market area. Such rankings shall be printed in a format which ranks all health insurers and all entities certified pursuant to article forty- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
2017-A3694A - Details
2017-A3694A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3694--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to establishing the mental health and substance use disorder parity report act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "mental health and substance use disorder parity report act". § 2. Subsection (a) of section 210 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 579 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: (a) The superintendent shall annually publish on or before September first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and annually thereafter, a consumer guide to insurers providing managed care products, individual accident and health insurance or group or blanket accident and health insurance and entities licensed pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law providing comprehensive health service plans which includes, in detail, a ranking from best to worst based upon each company's claim processing or medical payments record during the preceding calendar year using criteria available to the department, adjusted for volume of coverage provided. Such ranking shall also take into consideration the corresponding total number or percentage of claims denied which were reversed or compromised after intervention by the department and the department of health, consumer complaints to the department and the department of health, violations of section three thousand two hundred twenty-four-a of this chapter and other pertinent data which would permit the department to objectively determine a company's performance. The department in publishing such consumer guide shall publish one state-wide guide or no more than five regional guides so as to facili- tate comparisons among individual insurers and entities within a service market area. Such rankings shall be printed in a format which ranks all EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Barbara Lifton
Luis R. Sepúlveda
James Skoufis
David Buchwald
multi-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
2017-A3694B - Details
2017-A3694B - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3694--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to establishing the mental health and substance use disorder parity report act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "mental health and substance use disorder parity report act". § 2. Subsection (a) of section 210 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 579 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: (a) The superintendent shall annually publish on or before September first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and annually thereafter, a consumer guide to insurers providing managed care products, individual accident and health insurance or group or blanket accident and health insurance and entities licensed pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law providing comprehensive health service plans which includes, in detail, a ranking from best to worst based upon each company's claim processing or medical payments record during the preceding calendar year using criteria available to the department, adjusted for volume of coverage provided. Such ranking shall also take into consideration the corresponding total number or percentage of claims denied which were reversed or compromised after intervention by the department and the department of health, consumer complaints to the department and the department of health, violations of section three thousand two hundred twenty-four-a of this chapter and other pertinent data which would permit the department to objectively determine a company's performance. The department in publishing such consumer guide shall publish one EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Barbara Lifton
Luis R. Sepúlveda
James Skoufis
David Buchwald
multi-Sponsors
Harvey Epstein
Fred Thiele
2017-A3694C (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A3694C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3694--C 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, LIFTON, SKOUFIS, BUCHWALD, GALEF, ABINANTI, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to establishing the mental health and substance use disorder parity report act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "mental health and substance use disorder parity report act". § 2. Section 210 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (C-1) BEGINNING SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL INCLUDE IN SUCH GUIDE A MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PARITY REPORT DETAILING EACH COMPANY'S COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISOR- DER PARITY LAWS BASED ON EACH COMPANY'S RECORD DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL INCLUDE IN SUCH REPORT, AND EACH COMPANY SHALL PROVIDE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THE INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR SUCH GUIDE IN A TIMELY FASHION, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) RATES OF UTILIZATION REVIEW FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CLAIMS AS COMPARED TO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CLAIMS, INCLUDING RATES OF APPROVAL AND DENIAL, CATEGORIZED BY BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATIONS: INPATIENT IN-NETWORK, INPATIENT OUT-OF-NET- WORK, OUTPATIENT IN-NETWORK, OUTPATIENT OUT-OF-NETWORK, EMERGENCY CARE, AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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