A 3149: Relates to actions by health care providers against patients; provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to an action by a health care provider against a patient for recovery of payment for an outstanding bill that such health care provider failed to submit such insurance claim to the patient's insurer in a timely manner.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3149 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, MILLER, CRUZ, SAYEGH, EPSTEIN, HYNDMAN, STIRPE, TAYLOR, DAVILA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to actions by health care providers against patients 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 3224-e 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3224-e. Actions by health care providers related to insurance 4 claims. In any action brought by a health care provider against a 5 patient to recover payment for an outstanding bill, for services 6 rendered by such health care provider, it shall be an affirmative 7 defense to such action that the health care provider failed to submit 8 the insurance claim to the patient's insurer in a timely manner. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 10 have become a law, and shall apply to civil actions brought on or after 11 such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06504-01-5