S 5812: Prohibits approved organizations providing coverage under the child health insurance plan from discriminating against health care providers which do not participate in the organization's health care network.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5812 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting approved organizations in the child health insurance plan from limit- ing the participation of certain health care providers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2511 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 3 (d) No approved organization shall prohibit or in any way limit the 4 provision of covered health care services by a health care provider on 5 the grounds that such provider chooses not to participate in a health 6 care network maintained by such approved organization to serve commer- 7 cial insureds, enrollees or subscribers. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10296-01-5