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A03676 Summary:

BILL NO	A03676
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Pretlow
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §4406-i, Pub Health L
Requires insurance companies to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a health care provider in certain circumstances.

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A03676 Actions:

BILL NO	A03676
02/03/2023	referred to insurance
01/03/2024	referred to insurance

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A03676 Committee Votes:

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A03676 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3676
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Insurance
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  insur-
          ance  companies  to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a
          health care provider in certain circumstances

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  4406-i to read as follows:
     3    § 4406-i. Payment  for  out-of-network  health  care  services;  joint
     4  checks. An insurance company subject to article thirty-two of this chap-
     5  ter,  shall  issue and provide an insured with a joint check made out to
     6  both the insured and to a health  care  provider  for  the  purposes  of
     7  payment  to  such  health  care provider for any out-of-network services
     8  rendered to the insured. Such check shall list  the  full  name  of  the
     9  insured  with the word "and" after such name followed by the name of the
    10  health care provider or group practice.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08348-01-3

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