Assembly Bill A6831

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "health care consumer and provider protection act"

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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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2017-A6831 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5044
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 49 Title 3 §§4920 - 4929, Pub Health L

2017-A6831 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "health care consumer and provider protection act" to provide for collective negotiations by health care providers with health care plans in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.

2017-A6831 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6831
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, LAVINE, THIELE, JEAN-PIERRE, D'URSO
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requirements  for
   collective  negotiations  by health care providers with certain health
   benefit plans in certain counties; and providing  for  the  repeal  of
   such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Statement of legislative intent. The legislature finds that
 collective negotiation by competing health care providers for the  terms
 and  conditions  of contracts with health plans can result in beneficial
 results  for  health  care  consumers.  The  legislature  further  finds
 instances  where  health plans dominate the market to such a degree that
 fair and adequate negotiations between health  care  providers  and  the
 plans are adversely affected, so that it is necessary and appropriate to
 provide for a demonstration to examine the risks and benefits associated
 with  a  system of collective action on behalf of health care providers.
 Consequently, the legislature finds it appropriate and necessary in  the
 demonstration  service  area  to displace competition with regulation of
 health plan provider agreements and authorize collective negotiations on
 the terms and conditions of the relationship between health  care  plans
 and  health  care  providers  so the imbalances between the two will not
 result in adverse conditions of health care. This act is not intended to
 apply to or affect in any respect  collective  bargaining  relationships
 involving  health  care  providers,  as  defined  in section 4920 of the
 public health law or rights relating to  collective  bargaining  arising
 under applicable federal or state collective bargaining statutes.
   §  2.  Short  title.   This act shall be known and may be cited as the
 "health care consumer and provider protection act".
   § 3. Article 49 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a  new
 title III to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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