Senate Bill S2247

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes health care facilities and professions to pay for the fair market value of practice management, billing or health information technology 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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2017-S2247 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A193
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2811, Pub Health L; amd §§6509-a & 6530, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4736, A10385
2019-2020: S5875, A97
2021-2022: S2640

2017-S2247 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes healthcare facilities and professionals to pay for the fair market value of practice management, billing or health information technology services.

2017-S2247 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2247
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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 and education law, in relation to  the
   provision of practice management, billing and health information tech-
   nology services for healthcare facilities and professionals

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2811 of the public health law, as added by  chapter
 776  of the laws of 1971 and as renumbered by chapter 649 of the laws of
 1975, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2811. Discounts and splitting fees with medical  referral  services;
 prohibited.   No hospital or facility delivering health care shall grant
 or receive a discount to or from any medical referral service or in  any
 manner  split  fees  with a medical referral service; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER SHALL PROHIBIT SUCH FACILITIES OR
 LICENSED PROFESSIONALS FROM PAYING A FAIR MARKET VALUE FEE TO ANY PERSON
 OR ENTITY WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PERFORM PRACTICE  MANAGEMENT,  BILLING  OR
 HEALTH  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BASED UPON A PERCENTAGE OF FEES
 BILLED OR COLLECTED, A FLAT FEE, OR ANY OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT  DIRECTLY
 OR INDIRECTLY DIVIDES FEES, FOR SUCH PURPOSES, PROVIDED THAT:
   1.  THE  PERSON  OR  ENTITY  PROVIDING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, BILLING OR
 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AMOUNT
 OF FEES CHARGED AND COLLECTED FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED BY SUCH FACILITY
 OR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL;
   2. ALL CHARGES COLLECTED ARE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE FACILITY OR  TO  THE
 LICENSED  PROFESSIONAL  OR ARE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY INTO AN ACCOUNT IN THE
 NAME OF AND UNDER THE SOLE CONTROL OF THE FACILITY OR  LICENSED  PROFES-
 SIONAL; AND
   3.  THE  PERSON  OR  ENTITY  PROVIDING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, BILLING OR
 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DOES NOT REFER  PATIENTS  TO  THE
 FACILITY OR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL AND THAT PAYMENTS MADE ARE NOT RELATED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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