Signed by Governor Kathy Hochul

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates resources for the state mental hygiene budget in New York.

Highlights:

• Requires the New York Department of Health to to contract with a Statewide Fiscal Intermediary for the CDPAP program by January 1, 2025 (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that all healthcare providers should review new rules concerning use of medical credit cards and other types of credit (Sec. 1). 

• Requires that healthcare providers should review several new procedural requirements regarding consent for payment, financial assistance, and treatment of medical debt (Sec. 1). 

• Requires that healthcare providers obtain separate consents from patients for healthcare services and payment of healthcare services (Sec. 1). 

• Amends and changes several sections of the New York Public Health Law to expand the access for hospital patients to financial assistance programs, 

• Limits the medical debt collection practices directed against low-income New Yorkers by loan companies (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits the use of immigration status in determining eligibility for financial assistance (Sec. 1). 

• Defines “underinsured” (Sec. 1). 

• Requires hospitals provide written notification of financial assistance during the discharge process on exiting the hospital (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates resources for the state mental hygiene budget in New York.

Highlights:

• Requires the New York Department of Health to to contract with a Statewide Fiscal Intermediary for the CDPAP program by January 1, 2025 (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that all healthcare providers should review new rules concerning use of medical credit cards and other types of credit (Sec. 1). 

• Requires that healthcare providers should review several new procedural requirements regarding consent for payment, financial assistance, and treatment of medical debt (Sec. 1). 

• Requires that healthcare providers obtain separate consents from patients for healthcare services and payment of healthcare services (Sec. 1). 

• Amends and changes several sections of the New York Public Health Law to expand the access for hospital patients to financial assistance programs, 

• Limits the medical debt collection practices directed against low-income New Yorkers by loan companies (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits the use of immigration status in determining eligibility for financial assistance (Sec. 1). 

• Defines “underinsured” (Sec. 1). 

• Requires hospitals provide written notification of financial assistance during the discharge process on exiting the hospital (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text