Bill Text: NY S09694 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the New York State medical indemnity fund account payments; extends provisions relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-21 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S09694 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09694-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9694

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 21, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the New York state
          medical indemnity fund account payments; and to amend chapter  517  of
          the  laws of 2016, amending the public health law relating to payments
          from the New York state medical indemnity fund,  in  relation  to  the
          effectiveness  thereof;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  certain
          provisions of the public health law 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.  Paragraph  (d)  of subdivision 6 of section 2999-i of the
     2  public health law, as amended by section 2 of part K of  chapter  57  of
     3  the laws of 2019, is amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (d)  The  suspension  of  enrollment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
     6  subdivision shall not impact payment under the fund  for  any  qualified
     7  plaintiffs  already enrolled in the fund for the remainder of the quali-
     8  fied plaintiff's life.  Notwithstanding any provision of  law,  rule  or
     9  regulation  to  the contrary, the fund account is authorized to maintain
    10  payments for qualified plaintiffs already enrolled in the fund  for  the
    11  entire  state  fiscal  year  even if total expenditures exceed available
    12  appropriation authority.
    13    (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or  regulation  to  the
    14  contrary, on or after April first, two thousand twenty-four and annually
    15  thereafter,  the  state  comptroller shall transfer money from the state
    16  treasury into the fund account in an amount which shall be sufficient to
    17  avoid suspension of new enrollment for the  entire  state  fiscal  year.
    18  Notwithstanding  any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contra-
    19  ry, any appropriation(s) in the enacted  state  budget  that  authorizes
    20  disbursement  of funds from the fund account shall increase by an amount
    21  that is equal to the amount necessary to support  such  disbursement  of
    22  money  in  the fund account that will avoid suspension of new enrollment
    23  for the entire state fiscal year.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 9694                             2

     1    § 2. Section 5 of chapter 517 of the laws of 2016, amending the public
     2  health law relating to payments from the New York state  medical  indem-
     3  nity  fund, as amended by chapter 112 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
     4  read as follows:
     5    §  5. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall
     6  have become a law, provided that the  amendments  to  subdivision  4  of
     7  section  2999-j of the public health law made by section two of this act
     8  shall take effect on June 30, 2017  [and  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
     9  repealed December 31, 2025].
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and be deemed to have been
    11  in  full  force and effect on April 1, 2024; provided however, paragraph
    12  (e) of subdivision 6 of section 2999-i of  the  public  health  law,  as
    13  added by section one of this act, shall expire and be deemed repealed on
    14  March 31, 2026.