Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 01, 2017 |
signed chap.4 |
Jan 24, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jan 23, 2017 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.19 substituted for s986 |
Jan 23, 2017 |
substituted by a378 |
Jan 09, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.19 |
Jan 05, 2017 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S986
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A378 - 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
2017-S986 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A378
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld §2999-j subs 2-a & 7-a, §2999-k, amd §§2999-j & 2999-h, Pub Health L; amd §5, Chap of 2016 (as proposed in S.7837-B & A.9835-B)
2017-S986 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S986 Revised 1/23/17 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the state medical indemnity fund; to amend a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the public health law relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal subdivisions 2-a and 7-a of section 2999-j and section 2999-k of the public health law, relating to requests for denials of claims and denials of requests for prior authorizations and consumer and stakeholder workgroups PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this bill to make modifications to the Medical Indemnity Fund (MIF). SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 repeals subdivisions 2-a and 7-a of section 2999-j of the public health law. Section 2 amends paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 2999-j of the public health law to clarify that the Department of Health is prohibited from promulgating regulations disqualifying certain health care costs.
2017-S986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 986 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the state medical indemnity fund; to amend a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the public health law relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal subdivisions 2-a and 7-a of section 2999-j and section 2999-k of the public health law, relating to requests for denials of claims and denials of requests for prior authorizations and consumer and stakeholder workgroups THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2-a and 7-a of section 2999-j of the public health law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the public health law relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7873-B and A.9835-B, are REPEALED. § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 2999-j of the public health law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the public health law relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7873-B and A.9835-B, is amended to read as follows: (c) such regulations shall not prohibit qualifying health care costs on the grounds that the qualifying health care cost [is not limited to the direct need of the patient and] may INCIDENTALLY benefit other members of the household, PROVIDED THAT WHETHER THE QUALIFYING HEALTH CARE COST PRIMARILY BENEFITS THE PATIENT MAY BE CONSIDERED. § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 2999-h of the public health law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2016, amending the public health law relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund, as EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06718-04-7
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