New York A 3697: Requires providers of insurance policies to maintain a database of health care providers offering foreign language services

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A03697 Summary:

BILL NOA03697 

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Requires providers of insurance policies to maintain a database of health care providers offering foreign language services.

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01/30/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3697

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to maintaining a database
 of certain foreign language services as required by federal health
 care reform laws

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

 1 Section 1. Section 3102 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
 2 new subsection (g) to read as follows:
 3 (g) Foreign language services database requirement. The provider of
 4 any insurance policy required under the United States Patient Protection
 5 and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010)) and
 6 the United States Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
 7 (Pub. L. No. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010)) to provide foreign language
 8 services shall maintain a database, available to every customer, client
 9 or insured individual under such provider's policies. Such database
 10 shall contain the name, location, specialty and languages spoken by
 11 doctors, physicians and other health care providers covered by such
 12 insurance provider's policies.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 14 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 15 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 16 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 17 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05201-01-5

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