What's happening
This bill requires health maintenance organizations in New York to include chiropractic diagnostic and treatment services.
Why it matters
Broader Access to Chiropractic Care. By requiring health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to cover chiropractic diagnostic and treatment services, the bill ensures that patients who prefer or benefit from chiropractic care can access it without facing out-of-pocket expenses or seeking coverage elsewhere.
Potential Cost and Health System Impact. Including chiropractic services alongside physician and hospital services may help address certain musculoskeletal conditions earlier, potentially reducing the need for more expensive interventions like surgery or long-term medication, and easing the burden on primary care providers.
Strengthening Patient Choice and Provider Diversity. The amendment formally recognizes chiropractors as part of the comprehensive care team in HMOs, supporting patient autonomy in selecting from a wider range of qualified health professionals for their care needs.
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Let Chiropractors Join HMOs
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History
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1825
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the inclusion of chiropractors in health maintenance organizations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4401 of the public health law, as added by chapter 938 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
3. "Comprehensive health services" means all those health services which an enrolled population might require in order to be maintained in good health, and shall include, but shall not be limited to, physician services (including consultant and referral services), diagnostic and treatment chiropractic services (including consultant and referral services), in-patient and out-patient hospital services, diagnostic laboratory and therapeutic and diagnostic radiologic services, and emergency and preventive health services. Such term may be further defined by agreement with enrolled populations providing additional benefits necessary, desirable or appropriate to meet their health care needs.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03276-01-7
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