A07846 Summary:

BILL NOA07846A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05486-A
 
SPONSORCahill
 
COSPNSRGunther
 
MLTSPNSRLifton
 
Amd S365-m, Soc Serv L; amd SS2511 & 4406-c, Pub Health L; amd SS3217-b & 4325, Ins L
 
Prohibits providers of health care coverage from requiring behavioral health providers to provide all products offered by the health care plan.
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A07846 Actions:

BILL NOA07846A
 
05/28/2015referred to health
06/05/2015amend and recommit to health
06/05/2015print number 7846a
06/09/2015reported referred to ways and means
06/18/2015reported referred to rules
06/19/2015reported
06/19/2015rules report cal.720
06/19/2015ordered to third reading rules cal.720
06/19/2015passed assembly
06/19/2015delivered to senate
06/19/2015REFERRED TO RULES
01/06/2016DIED IN SENATE
01/06/2016RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
01/06/2016ordered to third reading cal.320
03/29/2016passed assembly
03/29/2016delivered to senate
03/29/2016REFERRED TO HEALTH
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A07846 Committee Votes:

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A07846 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/19/2015Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 135/4
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Silver
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
No
Graf
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Curran
ER
Gunther
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Persaud
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
ER
Hevesi
ER
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barron
Yes
Davila
ER
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blankenbush
ER
DiPietro
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
ER
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rozic
ER
Walter
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No
Friend
Yes
Kolb
No
Nojay
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
No
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
ER
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
ER
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Sepulveda

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DATE:03/29/2016Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 134/7
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Harris
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tedisco
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tenney
Yes
Blake
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
ER
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titus
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Finch
ER
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brennan
No
Fitzpatrick
No
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brindisi
No
Friend
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buchwald
ER
Gantt
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Butler
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Kolb
No
Nojay
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Giglio
No
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
ER
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon

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A07846 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7846--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 28, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, the public health law  and  the
          insurance  law,  in  relation to prohibiting a provider of health care
          coverage from requiring providers of  behavioral  health  services  to
          offer all products offered by the provider of health care coverage
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 365-m of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  (a)  No  managed  care provider under section three hundred sixty-
     4  four-j of this title shall by contract or written policy  or  procedure,
     5  require  a  behavioral  health  services  provider to participate in the
     6  in-network portion of any product offered by such managed care provider,
     7  other than products  under  such  section.  Behavioral  health  services
     8  providers  shall  have  the  right  to select by execution of a separate
     9  agreement the products of  such  managed  care  provider  in  which  the
    10  provider agrees to participate in the in-network portion.
    11    (b)  As  used  in this subdivision, "behavioral health services" means
    12  inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services  provided  by  those
    13  licensed  or  certified  pursuant to article thirty-one or thirty-two of
    14  the mental hygiene law, or programs that are licensed pursuant  to  both
    15  article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and article twenty-eight of
    16  the public health law, or certified under both article thirty-two of the
    17  mental hygiene law and article twenty-eight of the public health law.
    18    §  2. Section 2511 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
    19  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
    20    22. (a) No approved organization shall by contract or  written  policy
    21  or  procedure,  require a behavioral health services provider to partic-
    22  ipate in the in-network portion of any product offered by such organiza-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10990-02-5

        A. 7846--A                          2
 
     1  tion, other than products under this title.  Behavioral health  services
     2  providers  shall  have  the  right  to select by execution of a separate
     3  agreement the products  of  such  approved  organization  in  which  the
     4  provider agrees to participate in the in-network portion.
     5    (b)  As  used  in this subdivision, "behavioral health services" means
     6  inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services  provided  by  those
     7  licensed  or  certified  pursuant to article thirty-one or thirty-two of
     8  the mental hygiene law, or programs that are licensed pursuant  to  both
     9  article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and article twenty-eight of
    10  this  chapter,  or certified under both article thirty-two of the mental
    11  hygiene law and article twenty-eight of this chapter.
    12    § 3. Section 4406-c of the public health law is amended  by  adding  a
    13  new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    14    9.  (a) No health care plan licensed pursuant to this article shall by
    15  contract or written policy or procedure,  require  a  behavioral  health
    16  services  provider to participate in the in-network portion of any prod-
    17  uct offered by such plan. Behavioral  health  services  providers  shall
    18  have  the  right  to  select  by  execution  of a separate agreement the
    19  products of such plan in which the provider agrees to participate in the
    20  in-network portion.
    21    (b) As used in this subdivision, "behavioral  health  services"  means
    22  inpatient  and  outpatient  behavioral health services provided by those
    23  licensed or certified pursuant to article thirty-one  or  thirty-two  of
    24  the  mental  hygiene law, or programs that are licensed pursuant to both
    25  article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and article twenty-eight of
    26  this chapter, or certified under both article thirty-two of  the  mental
    27  hygiene law and article twenty-eight of this chapter.
    28    §  4.  Section  3217-b of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
    29  subsection (k) to read as follows:
    30    (k) (1) No insurer subject to the provisions of this article shall  by
    31  contract,  written  policy  or  procedure,  require  a behavioral health
    32  services provider to participate in the in-network portion of any  prod-
    33  uct  offered by such insurer. Behavioral health services providers shall
    34  have the right to select  by  execution  of  a  separate  agreement  the
    35  products of such insurers in which the provider agrees to participate in
    36  the in-network portion.
    37    (2)  As  used  in  this subsection, "behavioral health services" means
    38  inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services  provided  by  those
    39  licensed  or  certified  pursuant to article thirty-one or thirty-two of
    40  the mental hygiene law, or programs that are licensed pursuant  to  both
    41  article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and article twenty-eight of
    42  the public health law, or certified under both article thirty-two of the
    43  mental hygiene law and article twenty-eight of the public health law.
    44    §  5.  Section  4325  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
    45  subsection (l) to read as follows:
    46    (l) (1) No corporation organized pursuant to  this  article  shall  by
    47  contract,  written  policy  or  procedure,  require  a behavioral health
    48  services provider to participate in the in-network portion of any  prod-
    49  uct  offered  by  such corporation. Behavioral health services providers
    50  shall have the right to select by execution of a separate agreement  the
    51  products of such corporation in which the provider agrees to participate
    52  in the in-network portion.
    53    (2)  As  used  in  this subsection, "behavioral health services" means
    54  inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services  provided  by  those
    55  licensed  or  certified  pursuant to article thirty-one or thirty-two of
    56  the mental hygiene law, or programs that are licensed pursuant  to  both

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     1  article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and article twenty-eight of
     2  the public health law, or certified under both article thirty-two of the
     3  mental hygiene law and article twenty-eight of the public health law.
     4    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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