New York A 3947: Relates to the packaging of cannabis and hemp products

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A03947 Summary:

BILL NOA03947 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §112, Ins L

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Requires insurance companies to establish and maintain API to facilitate patient and provider access to health information; includes patient access, provider directory and payer to payer exchange.

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BILL NOA03947 

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01/30/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3947

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring API to
 facilitate patient and provider access to health information for
 enrollees and contract providers

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

 1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 112 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 112. Information for enrollees and contracted providers. (a)
 4 Commencing January first, two thousand twenty-six, to facilitate patient
 5 and provider access to health information, any health care insurance
 6 company authorized in this state to write health insurance shall estab-
 7 lish and maintain the following application programming interfaces (API)
 8 for the benefit of enrollees and contracted providers, as applicable:
 9 (1) Patient access API;
 10 (2) Provider directory API; and
 11 (3) Payer-to-payer exchange API.
 12 (b) In addition to the API described in subsection (a) of this
 13 section, the department may require any health care insurance companies
 14 authorized to write health insurance to establish and maintain the
 15 following API, if and when final rules are published by the federal
 16 government:
 17 (1) Provider access API; and
 18 (2) Prior authorization support API.
 19 (c) The API described in subsection (b) of this section shall be in
 20 accordance with standards published in a final rule issued by the feder-
 21 al Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and published in the
 22 Federal Register, and shall align with federal effective dates, includ-
 23 ing enforcement delays and suspensions, issued by the federal Centers
 24 for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06912-01-5

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 1 (d) For purposes of this section:
 2 (1) "Application Programming Interface" or "API" means a set of rules
 3 or protocols that allows different software applications to communicate
 4 with each other, exchanging data and functionality, and acts as a stand-
 5 ardized way for programs to interact and share information with one
 6 another.
 7 (2) "Patient access API" means a secure and public-facing API to make
 8 patient membership, coverages, claims, clinical and prescription drug
 9 formulary information available. This API requires authentication for
 10 any user.
 11 (3) "Provider directory API" means a secure and public facing API to
 12 make provider information available.
 13 (4) "Payer-to-Payer exchange API" means a secure and public facing API
 14 to exchange patient data when a patient moves between payers to ensure
 15 continued access to their health data and support continuity of care
 16 between payers.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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