| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S8039
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
2025-S8039 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5342
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2830, Pub Health L
2025-S8039 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8039
SPONSOR: RIVERA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting hospi-
tals, health systems, and health care providers from charging facility
fees that are not covered by insurance
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To prohibit the billing or seeking of payment of facility fees unless it
is covered by insurance.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one provides the short title for this act to be known as the
"Lower Hospital Bills Act."
Section two amends section 2830, denoted as "Regulation of the billing
of facility fees," of the Public Health to prohibit hospitals, health
systems, or healthcare providers, from billing or seeking payment from a
2025-S8039 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8039
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 15, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 prohibiting hospi-
tals, health systems, and health care providers from charging facility
fees that are not covered by insurance
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lower
hospital bills act".
§ 2. Section 2830 of the public health law, as added by chapter 764 of
the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2830. Regulation of the billing of facility fees. 1. For the
purposes of this section, "fee" means any amount charged or billed by a
provider for professional health care services provided in a hospital-
based facility.
2. No hospital or health system or health care provider shall bill or
seek payment from a patient for a facility fee that is not covered by
the patient's health insurance carrier [unless the patient was notified
prior to the date of service that a facility fee would be applicable. If
a health care provider enters into a business relationship with a hospi-
tal or health system that will result in the provider's patients being
subject to facility fees, the health care provider must notify its
patients of the change and that facility fees will now be applicable to
services received from the health care provider. The notice shall be
provided in writing at least seven days in advance of each date of
service and shall explain the amount of the fee, the purpose of the fee,
whether the patient's insurance plan will pay the fee, and for uninsured
patients, how to apply for financial assistance. If advance written
notice is infeasible because the visit was secured less than seven days
in advance, then a written notice shall be provided on the date the
service is rendered. The notice shall be provided in plain language in
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07961-03-5
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