Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 17, 2019 |
signed chap.375 |
Oct 11, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1598 substituted for s3171a |
Jun 05, 2019 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ruling of chair on point of order ordered to third reading rules cal.65 rules report cal.65 reported reported referred to rules |
May 21, 2019 |
reported referred to codes |
May 17, 2019 |
print number 264b |
May 17, 2019 |
amend (t) and recommit to insurance |
May 02, 2019 |
print number 264a |
May 02, 2019 |
amend (t) and recommit to insurance |
Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A264B
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAHILL
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
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Carmen E. Arroyo
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Al Taylor
multi-Sponsors
Harvey Epstein
2019-A264 - Details
2019-A264 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 264 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, COLTON, ARROYO, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the financial services law, in relation to establishing protections from excessive hospital emergency charges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 605 of the financial services law, as added by section 26 of part H of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: § 605. Dispute resolution for emergency services. (a) Emergency services for an insured. (1) When a health care plan receives a bill for emergency services from a non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL, the health care plan shall pay an amount that it determines is reasonable for the emergency services rendered by the non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL, in accordance with section three thousand two hundred twen- ty-four-a of the insurance law, except for the insured's co-payment, coinsurance or deductible, if any, and shall ensure that the insured shall incur no greater out-of-pocket costs for the emergency services than the insured would have incurred with a participating physician OR HOSPITAL pursuant to subsection (c) of section three thousand two hundred forty-one of the insurance law. (2) A non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL or a health care plan may submit a dispute regarding a fee or payment for emergency services for review to an independent dispute resolution entity. IN CASES WHERE A HEALTH CARE PLAN SUBMITS A DISPUTE REGARDING A FEE FOR PAYMENT OF A NON-PARTICIPATING HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE HEALTH CARE PLAN SHALL, AFTER THE INITIAL PAYMENT, PAY ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS IT DETER- MINES IS REASONABLE DIRECTLY TO THE NON-PARTICIPATING HOSPITAL. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Carmen E. Arroyo
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Al Taylor
multi-Sponsors
Harvey Epstein
2019-A264A - Details
2019-A264A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 264--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, COLTON, ARROYO, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the financial services law, in relation to patient protections from excess hospital charges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 605 of the financial services law, as added by section 26 of part H of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: § 605. Dispute resolution for emergency services. (a) Emergency services for an insured. (1) When a health care plan receives a bill for emergency services from a non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL, INCLUDING A BILL FOR INPATIENT SERVICES WHICH FOLLOW AN EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT, the health care plan shall pay an amount that it determines is reasonable for the emergency services rendered by the non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL, in accordance with section three thousand two hundred twenty-four-a of the insurance law, except for the insured's co-payment, coinsurance or deductible, if any, and shall ensure that the insured shall incur no greater out-of-pocket costs for the emergency services than the insured would have incurred with a participating physician OR HOSPITAL pursuant to subsection (c) of section three thou- sand two hundred forty-one of the insurance law. (2) A non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL or a health care plan may submit a dispute regarding a fee or payment for emergency services for review to an independent dispute resolution entity. IN CASES WHERE A HEALTH CARE PLAN SUBMITS A DISPUTE REGARDING A FEE FOR PAYMENT OF A NON-PARTICIPATING HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE HEALTH CARE PLAN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Carmen E. Arroyo
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Al Taylor
multi-Sponsors
Harvey Epstein
Diana Richardson
2019-A264B (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A264B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 264--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, COLTON, ARROYO, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR, McDONOUGH, JACOBSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the financial services law, in relation to establishing protections from excess hospital charges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 605 of the financial services law, as added by section 26 of part H of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: § 605. Dispute resolution for emergency services. (a) Emergency services for an insured. (1) When a health care plan receives a bill for emergency services from a non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL, INCLUDING A BILL FOR INPATIENT SERVICES WHICH FOLLOW AN EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT, the health care plan shall pay an amount that it determines is reasonable for the emergency services rendered by the non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL, in accordance with section three thousand two hundred twenty-four-a of the insurance law, except for the insured's co-payment, coinsurance or deductible, if any, and shall ensure that the insured shall incur no greater out-of-pocket costs for the emergency services than the insured would have incurred with a participating physician OR HOSPITAL pursuant to subsection (c) of section three thou- sand two hundred forty-one of the insurance law. (2) A non-participating physician OR HOSPITAL or a health care plan may submit a dispute regarding a fee or payment for emergency services for review to an independent dispute resolution entity. IN CASES WHERE A HEALTH CARE PLAN SUBMITS A DISPUTE REGARDING A FEE FOR PAYMENT OF A EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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