Assembly Bill A359

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Includes chiropractors in health maintenance organizations

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A359 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4401, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3320
2011-2012: A2693
2013-2014: A3921
2017-2018: A1825
2019-2020: A4706
2021-2022: A3363
2023-2024: A3623

2015-A359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes chiropractic services within the definition of "comprehensive health services" for purposes of health maintenance organizations; enables a member of a health maintenance organization to request the services of a chiropractor when the member has an ailment, illness, condition or injury, the treatment for which falls within the scope of a licensed chiropractor.

2015-A359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   359

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  inclusion  of
  chiropractors in health maintenance organizations

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4401 of the public health law,  as
added by chapter 938 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
  3.  "Comprehensive  health  services"  means all those health services
which an enrolled population might require in order to be maintained  in
good  health,  and shall include, but shall not be limited to, physician
services (including consultant and referral  services),  DIAGNOSTIC  AND
TREATMENT  CHIROPRACTIC  SERVICES  (INCLUDING  CONSULTANT  AND  REFERRAL
SERVICES), in-patient  and  out-patient  hospital  services,  diagnostic
laboratory and therapeutic and diagnostic radiologic services, and emer-
gency  and  preventive health services. Such term may be further defined
by agreement with enrolled  populations  providing  additional  benefits
necessary, desirable or appropriate to meet their health care needs.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its  effective
date is authorized to be made on or before such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05415-01-5

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