Bill Text: NY A04111 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4111 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to notification by hospitals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to insurance [A04111 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04111-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4111
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 1, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. MORELLE, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to notification by hospi-
         tals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 3224-a of the insurance law is amended by adding a
    2  new subsection (i) to read as follows:
    3    (I) AN INSURER OR ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION  LICENSED  OR  CERTIFIED
    4  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE FORTY-THREE OR ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER
    5  OR ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW  MAY,  PURSUANT  TO  A
    6  CONTRACT  WITH  A  HOSPITAL, REQUIRE NOTIFICATION BY THE HOSPITAL OF ITS
    7  INSURED'S ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE INSURER
    8  OR ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION SHALL NOT DENY OR REDUCE  PAYMENT  OTHER-
    9  WISE  DUE  TO  THE  HOSPITAL FOR ANY SERVICES DETERMINED BY THE INSURER,
   10  ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION TO BE MEDICALLY NECESSARY SOLELY DUE TO  THE
   11  FAILURE OF THE HOSPITAL TO TIMELY NOTIFY.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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