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NY A10301

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/17/2024

Primary Sponsor

Amy Paulin

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Origin

Assembly

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires prior authorization regulations for the medical indemnity fund to establish a mechanism allowing healthcare providers to submit requests directly to the fund.

  • Mandates the fund administrator notify qualified plaintiffs within a reasonably prompt period of time which costs are qualifying healthcare costs covered by the fund and which are not.

  • Requires the commissioner to conduct actuarial calculations within 60 days following fund deposits and quarterly thereafter, with results publicly posted on the department's website within 30 days.

  • Requires the administrator to provide 60 days' notice on its website before suspending fund enrollments if liabilities reach 80 percent of assets.

  • Beginning April 1, 2025, requires annual deposits to maintain fund liabilities at or below 80 percent of assets; exempts the 2024-2025 fiscal year from enrollment suspensions.

Legislative Description

Requires any regulation that mandates prior authorization to establish a mechanism for submission of requests for prior authorization by health care providers directly to the medical indemnity fund; requires the medical indemnity fund administrator to notify qualified plaintiffs which costs are qualifying health care costs to be paid from the fund and which are not within a reasonably prompt period of time.

Last Action

print number 10301a

5/22/2024

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means5/21/2024
Health5/17/2024

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