§ 5602. Professional liability policies; arbitration coverage. Any
professional liability policy issued or delivered in the state that
provides coverage for physicians, dentists, health maintenance
organizations, hospitals or health care providers shall be deemed to
include coverage for and defense of claims subject to arbitration
pursuant to section thirty hundred forty-five or article seventy-five-A
of the civil practice law and rules or section forty-four hundred six-a
of the public health law.