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NY S06375
Bill
Status
3/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gustavo Rivera
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AI Summary
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Requires the Superintendent of Financial Services and Commissioner of Health to develop a uniform standardized form for patient consent to pay for healthcare services
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Prohibits payment consent forms from requiring patients to assume unlimited or unspecified financial liability beyond amounts stated in a good-faith estimate of maximum total cost
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Makes any payment consent form not signed by the patient or their legal representative prohibited and unenforceable
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Requires healthcare providers to give patients written documentation of anticipated treatment costs and cost-sharing obligations before obtaining consent to pay for non-emergency services
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Maintains existing requirement that consent for treatment must be obtained separately from consent for payment
Legislative Description
Removes the requirement that consent for the payment of certain medical services must occur after such services are administered; requires the superintendent of financial services and the commissioner of health to develop a uniform form for consent for payment.
Last Action
REFERRED TO HEALTH
1/7/2026