A07249 Summary:
| BILL NO | A07249 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Pretlow |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §4406-j, Pub Health L | |
| Requires insurance companies to issue joint checks for payment to an insured and a health care provider in certain circumstances. | |
A07249 Actions:
| BILL NO | A07249 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 03/21/2025 | referred to insurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/07/2026 | referred to insurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A07249 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE: This legislation will assist health care providers with collecting their payments for providing a service for insured patients using "out-of-net- work" health care services. JUSTIFICATION: Many healthcare providers are not able to receive payments for their services from insured patients due to the insured patient being negli- gent in making the payment. The legislation will guarantee that the health care provider will be paid for their services by issuing a joint check that will need the signature of both parties. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2024 01/03/24 A3676 referred to insurance 2023 02/03/23 A3676 referred to insurance 2022 01/05/22 A3215 referred to insurance 2019/2020 A2839 referred to insurance 2017/2018 A1728 referred to insurance 2013 A3929 referred to insurance 2012 A6290 New Legislation 01/07/15 referred to insurance 01/06/16 referred to insurance FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
A07249 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7249 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ 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-j to read as follows: 3 § 4406-j. Payment for out-of-network health care services; joint 4 checks. An insurance company subject to article thirty-two of the insur- 5 ance law, shall issue and provide an insured with a joint check made out 6 to 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. LBD10417-01-5