Bill Text: NY A02917 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to reimbursement by insurers for ambulatory services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in insurance [A02917 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02917-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2917
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance  law,  in  relation  to  reimbursement  by
          insurers for ambulatory services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 15 of subsection  (l)  of  section  3221  of  the
     2  insurance  law  is  amended  by adding a new subparagraph (F) to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (F) An insurer who issues reimbursement  under  this  paragraph  shall
     5  submit  such  payments  either  directly,  to  the  provider, or if such
     6  payments are issued to the insured, then in  the  form  of  a  two-party
     7  check  specifying the name of the insured and the provider of ambulatory
     8  services; provided, however,  if  the  insured  furnishes  a  record  of
     9  payment  for such services to the insurer, the insurer may, if satisfied
    10  by such record, issue reimbursement solely to the insured.
    11    § 2. Paragraph 24 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of  the  insurance
    12  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (F) to read as follows:
    13    (F)  An  insurer  who  issues reimbursement under this paragraph shall
    14  submit such payments either  directly,  to  the  provider,  or  if  such
    15  payments  are  issued  to  the  insured, then in the form of a two-party
    16  check specifying the name of the insured and the provider of  ambulatory
    17  services;  provided,  however,  if  the  insured  furnishes  a record of
    18  payment for such services to the insurer, the insurer may, if  satisfied
    19  by such record, issue reimbursement solely to the insured.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02892-01-9
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