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A01657 Summary:

BILL NOA01657 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal (MS)

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COSPNSRSteck, Hevesi, Taylor

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MLTSPNSREpstein, Simon

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Amd §§3217-e & 4306-d, Ins L; amd §4403, Pub Health L

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Requires health insurers to offer coverage of health care provided by out-of-network providers.

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BILL NOA01657 

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01/10/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1657

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, STECK, HEVESI, TAYLOR -- Multi-Spon-
 sored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
 to requiring health care insurers to offer coverage for health care
 provided by out-of-network providers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 4403 of the public health law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 3 10. Every health maintenance organization shall offer out-of-network
 4 coverage as an optional rider to any contract and shall offer at least
 5 one contract option that includes out-of-network coverage. These options
 6 shall be made available both within the statewide health benefit
 7 exchange and outside of the health benefit exchange.
 8 § 2. Section 3217-e of the insurance law, as added by chapter 219 of
 9 the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 10 § 3217-e. Choice of health care provider. (a) An insurer that is
 11 subject to this article and requires or provides for designation by an
 12 insured of a participating primary care provider shall permit the
 13 insured to designate any participating primary care provider who is
 14 available to accept such individual, and in the case of a child, shall
 15 permit the insured to designate a physician (allopathic or osteopathic)
 16 who specializes in pediatrics as the child's primary care provider if
 17 such provider participates in the network of the insurer.
 18 (b) Every insurer that offers health insurance and is subject to the
 19 provisions of this article, shall offer out-of-network coverage as an
 20 optional rider to any policy and shall offer at least one policy option
 21 that includes out-of-network coverage. These options shall be made
 22 available both within the statewide health benefit exchange and outside
 23 of the health benefit exchange.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04434-01-5

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 1 § 3. Section 4306-d of the insurance law, as added by chapter 219 of
 2 the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 4306-d. Choice of health care provider. (a) A corporation that is
 4 subject to the provisions of this article and requires or provides for
 5 designation by a subscriber of a participating primary care provider
 6 shall permit the subscriber to designate any participating primary care
 7 provider who is available to accept such individual, and in the case of
 8 a child, shall permit the subscriber to designate a physician (allopath-
 9 ic or osteopathic) who specializes in pediatrics as the child's primary
 10 care provider if such provider participates in the network of the corpo-
 11 ration.
 12 (b) Every corporation that is subject to the provisions of this arti-
 13 cle, shall offer out-of-network coverage as an optional rider to any
 14 contract and shall offer at least one contract option that includes
 15 out-of-network coverage. These options shall be made available both
 16 within the statewide health benefit exchange and outside of the health
 17 benefit exchange.
 18 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 19 ing the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall apply to
 20 contracts and policies issued, renewed, modified or amended on or after
 21 such date.

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