Bill Text: NY A02550 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2550 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits approved organizations providing coverage under the child health insurance plan from discriminating against health care providers which do not participate in the organization's health care network.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-02 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [A02550 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02550-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2550
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
         approved  organizations in the child health insurance plan from limit-
         ing the participation of certain health care providers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 7 of section 2511 of the public health law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
    3    (D) NO APPROVED ORGANIZATION SHALL PROHIBIT OR IN ANY  WAY  LIMIT  THE
    4  PROVISION  OF  COVERED HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ON
    5  THE GROUNDS THAT SUCH PROVIDER CHOOSES NOT TO PARTICIPATE  IN  A  HEALTH
    6  CARE  NETWORK  MAINTAINED BY SUCH APPROVED ORGANIZATION TO SERVE COMMER-
    7  CIAL INSUREDS, ENROLLEES OR SUBSCRIBERS.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03066-01-1