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May 10, 2018 | referred to health |
senate Bill S8744
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Luis R. Sepúlveda
(D) 32nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
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S8744 (ACTIVE) - Details
S8744 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8744 SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting approved organizations in the child health insurance plan from limiting the participation of certain health care providers PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA: This bill would prohibit insurance companies that administer the Child Health Plus program from requiring that participating health care providers also sign up for the commercial health care network operated by the insurer. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill would add a new paragraph (d) to subdivision 7 of section 2511 of the Public Health Law to prohibit an approved organization adminis- tering the Child Health Plus program from denying or limiting the
S8744 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8744 I N S E N A T E May 10, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 prohibiting approved organizations in the child health insurance plan from limit- ing the participation of certain health care providers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2511 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: (D) NO APPROVED ORGANIZATION SHALL PROHIBIT OR IN ANY WAY LIMIT THE PROVISION OF COVERED HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ON THE GROUNDS THAT SUCH PROVIDER CHOOSES NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A HEALTH CARE NETWORK MAINTAINED BY SUCH APPROVED ORGANIZATION TO SERVE COMMER- CIAL INSUREDS, ENROLLEES OR SUBSCRIBERS. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08692-01-7
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