Bill Text: NY S01222 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1222 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to actions by health care providers against patients; provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to an action by a health care provider against a patient for recovery of payment for an outstanding bill that such health care provider failed to submit such insurance claim to the patient's insurer in a timely manner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S01222 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01222-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1222
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to actions by health care
         providers against patients
         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 3224-d
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  3224-D.  ACTIONS  BY  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS  RELATED TO INSURANCE
    4  CLAIMS. IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT  BY  A  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER  AGAINST  A
    5  PATIENT  TO  RECOVER  PAYMENT  FOR  AN  OUTSTANDING  BILL,  FOR SERVICES
    6  RENDERED BY SUCH HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER,  IT  SHALL  BE  AN  AFFIRMATIVE
    7  DEFENSE  TO  SUCH  ACTION THAT THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FAILED TO SUBMIT
    8  THE INSURANCE CLAIM TO THE PATIENT'S INSURER IN A TIMELY MANNER.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   10  have  become a law, and shall apply to civil actions brought on or after
   11  such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04965-01-1