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 Mar. 23, 2024).

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

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 4400’s source at nysenate​.gov

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