NY S09508 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 22 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-07-22 - REFERRED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts the "health equity, affordability, and reform act"; relates to the basic health program; permits a person or eligible small group to purchase coverage from a basic health plan on behalf of an individual, spouse, and any qualified dependents through the basic health program buy-in as long as the individual, spouse, and any qualified dependents otherwise meet certain eligibility requirements (Part A); relates to cost containment and consumer protection; relates to income execution (Part B); establishes the chronic disease demonstration program to recommend cost-sharing eliminations for targeted high-value services, treatments and prescription drugs used to treat certain chronic conditions (Part C); addresses health equity through safety net hospital support; promotes health equity through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals that predominantly serve communities that experience health disparities because of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or other status (Part D); provides that the commissioner of health may require any health care provider or third-party payer to report additional claim or price information not already reported pursuant to this section to analyze all health care expenditures in the state from public and private sources (Part E).

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Title

Enacts the "health equity, affordability, and reform act"; relates to the basic health program; permits a person or eligible small group to purchase coverage from a basic health plan on behalf of an individual, spouse, and any qualified dependents through the basic health program buy-in as long as the individual, spouse, and any qualified dependents otherwise meet certain eligibility requirements (Part A); relates to cost containment and consumer protection; relates to income execution (Part B); establishes the chronic disease demonstration program to recommend cost-sharing eliminations for targeted high-value services, treatments and prescription drugs used to treat certain chronic conditions (Part C); addresses health equity through safety net hospital support; promotes health equity through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals that predominantly serve communities that experience health disparities because of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or other status (Part D); provides that the commissioner of health may require any health care provider or third-party payer to report additional claim or price information not already reported pursuant to this section to analyze all health care expenditures in the state from public and private sources (Part E).

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History

DateChamberAction
2022-07-22SenateREFERRED TO RULES

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