Bill Text: NY S06810 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to managed care health savings accounts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9711B [S06810 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06810-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6810--A
           Cal. No. 569
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 23, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Insurance  --  reported
         favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
         ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
         its place in the order of third reading
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance  law, in relation to a health savings
         account pilot program and providing for the repeal of such  provisions
         upon the expiration thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new  section  1124
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 1124. HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT PILOT PROJECT. (A) A HEALTH MAINTENANCE
    4  ORGANIZATION  CERTIFIED  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC
    5  HEALTH LAW MAY OFFER A GROUP HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN, AS DEFINED  IN
    6  PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBSECTION C OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THE
    7  INTERNAL REVENUE CODE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT
    8  OR  A  HEALTH  SAVINGS  ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL TAX LAW,
    9  WHEN:
   10    (1) THE EMPLOYER GROUP PURCHASING THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN IS A  MUNI-
   11  CIPALITY, AND
   12    (2)  THE EMPLOYER IS OBLIGATED TO CONTRIBUTE, PURSUANT TO A COLLECTIVE
   13  BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR OTHER BINDING ARRANGEMENT WITH ITS EMPLOYEES, AN
   14  AMOUNT AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE  DEDUCTIBLE  REQUIRED  UNDER  THE  PLAN  ON
   15  BEHALF OF EACH ENROLLED EMPLOYEE.
   16    (B)  A  HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN OFFERED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A)
   17  OF THIS SECTION, WHICH  OTHERWISE  MEETS  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  ARTICLE
   18  FORTY-FOUR  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROVIDE COMPRE-
   19  HENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND SHALL NOT BE DISAPPROVED  DUE  TO  ITS  COST
   20  SHARE ARRANGEMENT.
   21    (C)  A MUNICIPALITY FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION MEANS A CITY, COUNTY,
   22  TOWN, VILLAGE, BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  A  SCHOOL
   23  DISTRICT, OR A DISTRICT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-N OF
   24  THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15062-02-2
       S. 6810--A                          2
    1    (D)  HEALTH  MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH
    2  PLANS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL REPORT TO  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  AND
    3  COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH THE NUMBER OF GROUPS AND COVERED LIVES UNDER HIGH
    4  DEDUCTIBLE  HEALTH  PLANS  OFFERED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION COMPARED TO
    5  NON-HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS, THE PREMIUMS OF HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH
    6  PLANS  OFFERED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION COMPARED TO NON-HIGH DEDUCTIBLE
    7  HEALTH PLANS, THE CLAIMS EXPERIENCE UNDER HIGH DEDUCTIBLE  HEALTH  PLANS
    8  OFFERED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION COMPARED TO NON-HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH
    9  PLANS, AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REQUIRED  BY  THE
   10  SUPERINTENDENT  OR  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST, TWO
   11  THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  December
   13  31,  2015 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
   14  repealed.