Senate Bill S772

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to referrals of patients for health related items or services

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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-S772 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7374
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §238-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6955, A9933
2011-2012: S4660, A3551
2013-2014: S6585, A5357
2017-2018: S156, A6171
2019-2020: S467, A2413
2021-2022: S1171, A6781

2015-S772 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to referrals of patients for health related items or services that are prohibited under law.

2015-S772 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S772 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   772

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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  referrals  of
  patients for health or health related items or services

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2  of  section  238-a  of  the
public  health  law,  as  added  by  chapter 803 of the laws of 1992, is
amended to read as follows:
  (g) [in the case of any other financial relationship which the  public
health  council  determines  and  specifies  in  regulations, subject to
approval by the commissioner, does not pose a substantial risk of  payor
or  patient  abuse  in  relation  to patient benefits consistent, to the
extent practicable, with  financial  relationships  specified  in  regu-
lations  adopted  pursuant  to  federal  law applicable to reimbursement
pursuant to title XVIII of the federal social  security  act  (medicare)
for  clinical  laboratory  services  provided  to beneficiaries of title
XVIII of the federal social security  act  (medicare)]  ANY  ARRANGEMENT
THAT, UNDER THE FEDERAL STATUTORY PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REFERRALS CODI-
FIED  AT  42 U.S.C. 1395NN AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, WOULD
BE AN ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN A PRACTITIONER (OR  IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBER)
AND A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER THAT:
  (I) WOULD NOT BE A FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP IF EXISTING BETWEEN A PHYSI-
CIAN  AND AN ENTITY, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED UNDER SUCH FEDERAL LAW OR
REGULATIONS; OR
  (II) WOULD SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN EXCEPTION RELATING TO FINAN-
CIAL RELATIONSHIPS PROVIDED UNDER SUCH FEDERAL  LAW  OR  REGULATIONS  IF
EXISTING  BETWEEN  A  PHYSICIAN AND AN ENTITY, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED
UNDER SUCH FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATIONS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02698-01-5
              

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