N.Y. Public Health Law Section 4400
Statement of policy and purposes

Encouraging the expansion of health care services options available to the citizens of the state is a matter of vital state concern. Without such an expansion, increased health insurance and other benefits will continue to escalate the costs of medical care and overload the health care delivery system. The health maintenance organization concept, through which members of an enrolled population are each entitled to receive comprehensive health services for an advance or periodic charge, represents a promising new alternative for the delivery of a full range of health care services at a reasonable cost. Accordingly, it shall be the policy of this state to expand the health care services options available, and to assure greater choice in the selection of a health care plan, by removal of legal and other impediments to the development of competitive health maintenance organizations acceptable to the public. It is the intent of the legislature that the commissioner therefore establish a comprehensive system of authorization and regulation of health maintenance organizations in the state, as provided in this article, in order to assure that health services of good quality be provided to all citizens who choose to take advantage of that alternative to meet their health care needs. The commissioner shall cooperate with the superintendent of financial services and with other state officials and agencies which establish standards and requirements pertaining to the provision and financing of health care services in order to assure necessary, equitable and consistent state supervision of all health care systems without duplication of inspection or services.

Source: Section 4400 — Statement of policy and purposes, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/4400 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

4400
Statement of policy and purposes 4401
Definitions 4402
Health maintenance organizations 4403
Health maintenance organizations 4403–A
Special purpose certificate of authority 4403–B
Development of comprehensive health services plans 4403–C
Comprehensive HIV special needs plan certification 4403–D
Special needs managed care plans 4403–E
Primary care partial capitation providers 4403–F
Managed long term care plans 4403–G
Developmental disability individual support and care coordination organizations 4404
Health maintenance organizations 4405
Health maintenance organizations 4405–A
Immunizations against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria and rubella 4405–B
Duty to report 4406
Health maintenance organizations 4406–A
Arbitration provisions of health maintenance organization contracts 4406–B
Primary and preventive obstetric and gynecologic care 4406–C
Prohibitions 4406–D
Health care professional applications and terminations 4406–E
Access to end of life care 4406–F
Maternal depression screenings 4406–G
Telehealth delivery of services 4406–H
Health care facility applications 4406–I
Utilization review determinations for medically fragile children 4407
Health maintenance organizations 4408
Disclosure of information 4408–A
Integrated delivery systems 4408–A*2
Grievance procedure 4409
Health maintenance organizations 4410
Health maintenance organizations 4411
Construction 4412
Separability 4413
Savings clause 4414
Health care compliance programs 4416
Excess reserves of certain health maintenance organizations
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Verified:
Nov. 29, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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