What's happening
This bill extends the expiration date of certain consumer and provider protections in health, social services, and insurance laws to June 30, 2019.
Why it matters
Extending these protections ensures that consumers and healthcare providers continue to benefit from important safeguards. such as rights in health insurance coverage, access to services, and provider accountability—that might otherwise lapse if the original expiration date were enforced.
The continuation of these laws provides stability and predictability for individuals and families. who rely on consistent health and social services protections, reducing the risk of sudden changes or gaps in their coverage or rights.
Healthcare providers and insurers will be required to maintain current standards and practices. for a longer period, which can prevent disruptive regulatory or operational changes and allow more time for potential reforms or permanent solutions to be considered.
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Who cares
Managed care enrollees
The bill would extend certain consumer protection provisions until June 30, 2019, instead of June 30, 2017.
Health care providers contracting with managed care organizations
The bill would keep certain provider protection provisions in effect for two additional years.
Managed care organizations
The bill would postpone the expiration of certain consumer and provider protection provisions governing their contracts until June 30, 2019.
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Extend Consumer Protections Law
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
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History
- Signed chap.82
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.353
- Substituted for A8061
- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1737
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Extend Managed Care Protections
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Richard Gottfried
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6454
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 22, 2017
Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend chapter 451 of the laws of 2007, amending the public health law, the social services law and the insurance law, relating to providing enhanced consumer and provider protections, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 20 of chapter 451 of the laws of 2007, amending the public health law, the social services law and the insurance law, relating to providing enhanced consumer and provider protections, as amended by section 13 of part D of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows
1. sections four, eleven and thirteen of this act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2017] 2019;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11852-01-7
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 451 of the laws of 2007, amending the public health law, the social services law and the insurance law, relating to providing enhanced consumer and provider protections, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
Purpose
To extend provisions adopted in 2007 to provide consumer and provider protections relative to contracts between health insurance plans and hospitals that are not renewed or are terminated.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends sections of public health and insurance law adopted in Chapter 451 of the laws of 2007 to continue for two years until June 30, 2019, provisions to ensure that if a contract between a plan and a hospital is not renewed or is terminated by either party, the parties shall continue to abide by the terms of the contract, including reimbursement terms for a period of two months from the termination or end of the contract period. Notice must be provided to enrollees within 15 days of the commencement of the two month period. The requirements do not apply where both parties agree to the termination or non-renewal and the insurer provides notice to the insured at least 30 days in advance of the date of contract termination.
Section 2 of the bill provides an effective date.
Justification
Important consumer and provider protections relating to health care insurance were adopted in 2007. Some provisions relating to contracts between plans and hospitals included sunset provisions. This legislation extends those provisions another two years. They were last extended in 2015 for two years and expire June 1, 2017.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
Immediately
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