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Senate Bill S8885

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires not-for-profit hospitals inform patients that low to moderate income persons may qualify for help with medical bills through such hospitals charitable programs

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2021-S8885 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10639
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2803-bb, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S1476, A6576
2025-2026: A6129

2021-S8885 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires not-for-profit hospitals inform patients that low to moderate-income persons may qualify for help with medical bills through such hospitals' charitable programs by disclosing such information to patients, posting such information conspicuously, and through social workers.

2021-S8885 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8885 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8885
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 requiring not-for-
   profit hospitals inform patients that low to  moderate-income  persons
   may  qualify for help with medical bills through such hospitals chari-
   table programs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2803-bb to read as follows:
   § 2803-BB. DISCLOSURE OF CHARITABLE PROGRAMS.  ALL HOSPITALS ORGANIZED
 PURSUANT TO THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW OR WHICH MEETS THE QUALI-
 FICATIONS OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SHALL:
   (A) DISCLOSE TO ALL PATIENTS AND ANY  PATIENT'S  AUTHORIZED  REPRESEN-
 TATIVE  THAT SUCH HOSPITAL HAS CHARITABLE PROGRAMS FOR LOW AND MODERATE-
 INCOME PERSONS TO HELP WITH MEDICAL BILLS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE CHARITABLE PROGRAMS INFORMATION AND  CONTACT  INFORMATION  REGARDING
 SUCH PROGRAMS.
   (B)  POST  CONSPICUOUSLY  ON SUCH HOSPITAL'S WEBSITE, LOBBY AREAS, AND
 OTHER AREAS WHERE PATIENTS COULD VIEW THE POST THAT  SUCH  HOSPITAL  HAS
 CHARITABLE  PROGRAMS  FOR  LOW  AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS TO HELP WITH
 MEDICAL BILLS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  THE  CHARITABLE  PROGRAMS
 INFORMATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION REGARDING SUCH PROGRAMS.
   (C) POST CONSPICUOUSLY ON THE FIRST PAGE OF ANY MEDICAL BILL ISSUED BY
 SUCH  HOSPITAL AND ON ANY INTAKE DOCUMENT, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC, DIGITAL
 OR ANY OTHER METHOD USED BY SUCH HOSPITAL FOR  SUCH  DOCUMENTS,  IN  THE
 SAME  FONT  SIZE AND FORMAT AS SUCH BILL OR INTAKE DOCUMENT, AS APPLICA-
 BLE, A NOTICE  THAT SUCH HOSPITAL HAS CHARITABLE PROGRAMS  FOR  LOW  AND
 MODERATE-INCOME  PERSONS  TO  HELP WITH MEDICAL BILLS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, THE CHARITABLE PROGRAMS INFORMATION AND CONTACT  INFORMATION
 REGARDING SUCH PROGRAMS.
   (D)  INFORM ALL SOCIAL WORKERS IN SUCH HOSPITAL THAT SUCH HOSPITAL HAS
 CHARITABLE PROGRAMS FOR LOW AND MODERATE-INCOME  PERSONS  TO  HELP  WITH
 MEDICAL  BILLS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, THE CHARITABLE PROGRAMS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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