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                                   6790
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 23, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
   to enacting the "health insurance preauthorization disclosure act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "health insurance preauthorization disclosure act".
   § 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 4242 to read
 as follows:
   § 4242. HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES; PREAUTHORIZATION FOR  HEALTH  CARE
 SERVICES.  EVERY  HEALTH  CARE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 PROVIDE PARTICIPATING PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS,  AS  DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, WITH AN UPDATED  LIST OF HEALTH CARE TREATMENTS AND SERVICES
 THAT  REQUIRE PREAUTHORIZATION OR PRECERTIFICATION FROM SUCH HEALTH CARE
 INSURANCE COMPANY.  SUCH LIST SHALL BE DEVELOPED BASED UPON CONSULTATION
 WITH MEDICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOPED  BY  THE  RELEVANT  MEDICAL  SPECIALTY
 ORGANIZATION  AND  IN CONSULTATION WITH APPROPRIATELY TRAINED PHYSICIANS
 PRACTICING WITHIN THE REGION THE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE  COMPANY  SERVES.
 SUCH  LIST  SHALL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY OR MORE FREQUENTLY AS APPROPRIATE.
 ONLY THOSE HEALTH CARE SERVICES WHICH ARE CONTAINED ON SUCH  LIST  SHALL
 BE  SUBJECT  TO PRE-AUTHORIZATION OR PRECERTIFICATION BY THE HEALTH CARE
 INSURANCE COMPANY. NO HEALTH CARE TREATMENT OR SERVICE SHALL BE ADDED TO
 THE LIST OF SERVICES  REQUIRING  PRE-AUTHORIZATION  OR  PRECERTIFICATION
 UNLESS  THE  HEALTH  CARE INSURANCE COMPANY PROVIDES A MINIMUM OF NINETY
 DAYS NOTICE TO PARTICIPATING PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
   § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  4905-a
 to read as follows:
   §  4905-A.  PRE-AUTHORIZED  SERVICES.  EVERY HEALTH CARE PLAN SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE TO PARTICIPATING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 LIST OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT REQUIRE PRE-AUTHORIZATION  OR  PRECER-
 TIFICATION  FROM  SUCH  HEALTH  CARE  PLAN. SUCH LIST SHALL BE DEVELOPED
 BASED UPON CONSULTATION WITH MEDICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY  THE  RELE-
 VANT  MEDICAL  SPECIALTY ORGANIZATION AND IN CONSULTATION WITH APPROPRI-
 ATELY TRAINED PHYSICIANS PRACTICING WITHIN THE REGION  THE  HEALTH  CARE
 PLAN  SERVES.  SUCH LIST SHALL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY OR MORE FREQUENTLY AS
 APPROPRIATE. ONLY THOSE HEALTH CARE SERVICES WHICH ARE CONTAINED ON SUCH
 LIST SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PRE-AUTHORIZATION OR  PRECERTIFICATION  BY  THE
 HEALTH  CARE PLAN.  NO HEALTH CARE SERVICE SHALL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF
 SERVICES REQUIRING  PRE-AUTHORIZATION  OR  PRECERTIFICATION  UNLESS  THE
 HEALTH CARE PLAN PROVIDES A MINIMUM OF NINETY DAYS NOTICE TO PARTICIPAT-
 ING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
   §  4.  The  insurance law is amended by adding a new section 4905-a to
 read as follows:
   § 4905-A. PRE-AUTHORIZED SERVICES. EVERY HEALTH  CARE  PLAN  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE TO PARTICIPATING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS A
 LIST  OF  HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT REQUIRE PRE-AUTHORIZATION OR PRECER-
 TIFICATION FROM SUCH HEALTH CARE PLAN.  SUCH  LIST  SHALL  BE  DEVELOPED
 BASED  UPON  CONSULTATION WITH MEDICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY THE RELE-
 VANT MEDICAL SPECIALTY ORGANIZATION AND IN CONSULTATION  WITH  APPROPRI-
 ATELY  TRAINED  PHYSICIANS  PRACTICING WITHIN THE REGION THE HEALTH CARE
 PLAN SERVES. SUCH LIST SHALL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY OR MORE  FREQUENTLY  AS
 APPROPRIATE. ONLY THOSE HEALTH CARE SERVICES WHICH ARE CONTAINED ON SUCH
 LIST  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT TO PRE-AUTHORIZATION OR PRECERTIFICATION BY THE
 HEALTH CARE PLAN.  NO HEALTH CARE SERVICE SHALL BE ADDED TO THE LIST  OF
 SERVICES  REQUIRING  PRE-AUTHORIZATION  OR  PRECERTIFICATION  UNLESS THE
 HEALTH CARE PLAN PROVIDES A MINIMUM OF NINETY DAYS NOTICE TO PARTICIPAT-
 ING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a law; provided, however that the superintendent of finan-
 cial services is hereby authorized to promulgate  all  rules  and  regu-
 lations  and  take any other measures necessary to implement this act on
 its effective date.