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A07689 Summary:
BILL NO | A07689A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06544-B |
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SPONSOR | Rosenthal L |
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COSPNSR | D'Urso, Thiele, Sepulveda, Skoufis, Cusick, Joyner, Gottfried, McDonald, Cook, Lavine, Simon, Taylor, Seawright, Pellegrino, Ortiz, Arroyo, Barron, Englebright |
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MLTSPNSR | Epstein |
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Add 32.06, Ment Hyg L | |
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Prohibits certain practices concerning or consideration for referrals by providers of substance use disorder services. |
A07689 Actions:
BILL NO | A07689A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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05/09/2017 | referred to alcoholism and drug abuse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2017 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2018 | amend (t) and recommit to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2018 | print number 7689a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2018 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2018 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2018 | rules report cal.160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2018 | ordered to third reading rules cal.160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2018 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2018 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S6544B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2018 | 3RD READING CAL.251 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2018 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2018 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/13/2018 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/24/2018 | signed chap.223 |
A07689 Committee Votes:
Rosenthal | Aye | Johns | Aye | ||||||
Arroyo | Aye | Lopez | Aye | ||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | DiPietro | Aye | ||||||
DenDekker | Excused | Miller | Absent | ||||||
Quart | Aye | ||||||||
Stirpe | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Excused | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Harris | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
Titus | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Excused | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Excused | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Aye | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Butler | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Hooper | Excused | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | ||||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Morelle | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Galef | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
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A07689 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Cook
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Stec
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Steck
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Stern
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Curran
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Quart
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Titone
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Titus
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
ER
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Vanel
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
ER
Richardson
Yes
Walker
ER
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bohen
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
ER
Williams
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Colton
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Solages
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A07689 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7689--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, D'URSO, THIELE, SKOUFIS, CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to prohibited prac- tices by providers of substance use disorder services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 2 32.06 to read as follows: 3 § 32.06 Prohibited practices by providers of substance use disorder 4 services. 5 1. For purposes of this section, unless the context clearly requires 6 otherwise, "provider" shall mean any person, firm, partnership, group, 7 practice association, fiduciary, employer, representative thereof or any 8 other entity who is providing or purporting to provide substance use 9 disorder services. Provided, however, that "provider" shall not include 10 a person receiving substance use disorder services from the provider. 11 2. No provider shall intentionally solicit, receive, accept or agree 12 to receive or accept any payment, benefit or other consideration in any 13 form to the extent such payment, benefit or other consideration is given 14 for the referral of a person as a potential patient for substance use 15 disorder services. 16 3. No provider providing or purporting to provide substance use disor- 17 der services pursuant to this chapter, shall intentionally make, offer, 18 give, or agree to make, offer, or give any payment, benefit or other 19 consideration in any form to the extent such payment, benefit or other 20 consideration is given for the referral of a person as a potential 21 patient for substance use disorder services. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. A LBD10119-04-8A. 7689--A 2 1 4. This section shall not apply to any: 2 (a) lawful payments by a health maintenance organization or health 3 insurer, operating in accordance with article thirty-two or forty-three 4 of the insurance law or article forty-four of the public health law on 5 behalf of their enrollees for such substance use disorder services or 6 other benefits required to be provided; 7 (b) lawful payments to or by a provider to a health maintenance organ- 8 ization or health insurer operating in accordance with article thirty- 9 two or forty-three of the insurance law or article forty-four of the 10 public health law, as payment for services provided, a refund for an 11 overpayment, a participating provider fee, or any similar remuneration; 12 (c) provider for an activity that, at the time of such activity, would 13 have been lawful as specifically exempt, or otherwise not prohibited, 14 under any federal statute or regulations, including but not limited to 15 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (b) or the regulations promulgated thereunder, if 16 conducted by a person, firm, partnership, group, practice, association, 17 fiduciary, employer representative thereof or any other entity providing 18 substance use disorder services; 19 (d) any employee or representative of a provider who is conducting 20 marketing activities, where the employee or representative identifies 21 the provider represented or for whom or which the employee or represen- 22 tative works, identifies that the employee or representative is a mark- 23 eter and not a clinician or other individual who can provide diagnostic, 24 counseling or assessment services, and such marketing activities are 25 limited to educating the potential patient about the program with no 26 effort to steer or lead the potential patient to select or consider 27 selection of the substance use disorder services provider represented or 28 for whom or which the employee or representative works; or 29 (e) commissions, fees or other remuneration lawfully paid to insurance 30 agents as provided under the insurance law. 31 5. Any provider who intentionally violates the provisions of subdivi- 32 sion two or three of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as 33 defined in the penal law. 34 6. If the commissioner has reason to believe a provider has violated 35 subdivision two or three of this section, the commissioner may proceed 36 to investigate and institute enforcement actions, as may be authorized 37 pursuant to the applicable provisions of this article. 38 7. The provisions of this section are in addition to any other civil, 39 administrative or criminal enforcement actions provided by law. Penal- 40 ties authorized under this section may be imposed against corporate 41 providers and individual providers. 42 8. The commissioner shall adopt and may amend rules and regulations to 43 effectuate the provisions of this section. 44 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 45 have become a law.