S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3068
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to penalties to
managed care organizations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 32 of section 364-j of the
social services law, as added by section 15 of part B of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(d) (I) Penalties under this subdivision may be applied to any and all
circumstances described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision until the
managed care organization complies with the requirements for submission
of encounter data.
(II) No penalties for late, incomplete or inaccurate encounter data
shall be assessed against managed care organizations in addition to
those provided for in this subdivision, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING
IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES, IN CASES
OF FRAUD OR ABUSE, OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law, provided that the amendments to section 364-j of the
social services law, made by section one of this act, shall not affect
the repeal of such section, and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03583-01-9