Senate Bill S5064

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires health insurers to accept premium and cost sharing payments from third parties

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  • 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-S5064 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4406-c, Pub Health L; amd §§3217-b & 4325, Ins L

2015-S5064 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health insurers to accept premium and cost sharing payments from third parties.

2015-S5064 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5064 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5064

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
  to requiring health insurers to accept third party payments for cover-
  age

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

  Section  1.  Section  4406-c  of  the  public health law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. WITH REGARD TO A SUBSCRIBER CONTRACT OFFERED THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL
MARKET, A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION SHALL NOT BY  CONTRACT  OR  IN
ANY  OTHER  MANNER REFUSE TO ACCEPT PREMIUM OR ANY REQUIRED COST SHARING
PAYMENTS FROM THIRD PARTIES.
  S 2. Section 3217-b of the insurance law is amended by  adding  a  new
subsection (k) to read as follows:
  (K)  WITH REGARD TO AN INSURANCE POLICY OFFERED THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL
MARKET, AN INSURER SHALL NOT BY CONTRACT OR IN ANY OTHER  MANNER  REFUSE
TO  ACCEPT  PREMIUM  OR  ANY  REQUIRED  COST SHARING PAYMENTS FROM THIRD
PARTIES.
  S 3. Section 4325 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subsection (l) to read as follows:
  (L)  WITH REGARD TO AN INSURANCE CONTRACT OFFERED THROUGH THE INDIVID-
UAL MARKET, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  NOT  BY
CONTRACT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER REFUSE TO ACCEPT PREMIUM OR ANY REQUIRED
COST SHARING PAYMENTS FROM THIRD PARTIES.
  S  4.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended  on
or after January 1, 2016.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10772-01-5

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