S 2496: Requires that insurers providing no-fault coverage reimburse other insurers for the payment of claims to providers which should have been covered by a no-fault insurer.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2496 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the coordination of no-fault benefits for persons injured in motor vehicle accidents 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 5110 2 to read as follows: 3 § 5110. Payment for services provided for motor vehicle injuries. 1. 4 Any provider of treatment to any covered person, who renders care or 5 supplies a product within seventy-two hours of the motor vehicle acci- 6 dent, in the absence of fraud or deception by the claimant, is conclu- 7 sively presumed to have accepted, and to have consented to, an assign- 8 ment of no-fault benefits under this article in the form prescribed by 9 the superintendent. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply if 10 the provider knows, or is on notice of facts that indicate that the 11 injuries or conditions treated are the result of a motor vehicle acci- 12 dent which occurred in the preceding seventy-two hours. 13 2. Any provider of treatment to a covered person who mistakenly or 14 otherwise bills an insurer other than the no-fault insurer for claims 15 eligible for first-party benefits under this article must, upon presen- 16 tation with proof of applicable coverage under article six, eight or 17 forty-four-B of the vehicle and traffic law, return such fees and seek 18 payment for services from the no-fault insurer instead. A provider shall 19 be permitted to maintain insurance information in the event it is estab- 20 lished that there are no first-party benefits available for emergency 21 treatment under this article. 22 3. The time limit for presentation of invoices to an insurer shall be 23 measured from the first date on which the provider or the patient first 24 presented the invoice to any insurer. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03788-01-5 
 S. 2496 2 1 4. Any compensation provider that, notwithstanding the other 2 provisions of this law, pays for the emergency treatment of a covered 3 person, has a right of direct action against the insurer liable for 4 coverage under this article for reimbursement, but in no case will the 5 reimbursement exceed the amount of lawful benefits according to state- 6 promulgated fee schedules. 7 5. No insurer providing coverage under this article shall exclude 8 reimbursement for first-party benefits which have been paid to a health 9 care provider or medical equipment supplier by a compensation provider 10 not under this article. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.