Bill Text: NY A03896 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Preserves New Yorkers' freedom of choice in health care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A03896 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03896-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3896

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  preserving  New
          Yorker's freedom of choice in health care

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Freedom of
     2  Choice in Health Care Act".
     3    § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  25  to
     4  read as follows:
     5    § 25. Freedom of choice in health care. It shall be the policy of this
     6  state  that  the people of the state of New York have the right to enter
     7  into private contracts  with  health  care  providers  for  health  care
     8  services and to purchase private health care coverage, subject to gener-
     9  ally  applicable  laws, rules and regulations of the state. The legisla-
    10  ture shall not require any person to  participate  in  any  health  care
    11  system  or plan, nor shall it impose a penalty or fine, of any type, for
    12  choosing to obtain or decline health care coverage or for  participation
    13  in any particular health care system or plan.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06300-01-1