Bill
Number: H.B. 2494
Livingston
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: FINANCE Committee amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Carolyn Speroni
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Specifies that if a
health insurer acquires the provider network of another health insurer, the
health insurer that is contracted with a healthcare provider in the network
that has been acquired shall notify each healthcare provider of the acquired
network.
2. Allows a healthcare
provider that is in a provider network that is acquired to:
a)
continue
the provider relationship;
b)
terminate
the provider relationship with the health insurer in a time and manner
consistent with the contract; and
c)
enter
into a contract directly with the health insurer that acquired the provider
network.
3. Specifies that this
does not apply to acquisitions or arrangements that are disclosed in the network
contract between a healthcare provider and a health insurer and to which the
healthcare provider has already agreed.
Fifty-fourth Legislature Livingston
First
Regular Session H.B. 2494
LIVINGSTON FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2494
(Reference to FINANCE Committee
amendment)
Page
2, strike lines 4 through 6, insert:
"Page
2, line 1, strike "health care"
Line
3, strike "a health care" insert "the"; strike "that"
Strike
line 4, insert "of another"
Line
5, strike "shall:"
Strike
lines 6 through 11, insert "that is contracted with a
health care provider in the network that has been acquired shall notify,
consistent with the notification provisions of the provider contract, each
health care provider of the acquired network.
B. A health care provider that is in a
provider network that is acquired may do any of the following:
1. Continue the provider relationship with
the health insurer that acquired the provider network.
2. Terminate the provider relationship
with the health insurer that acquired the provider network in a time and manner
consistent with the contract between the health care provider and the health
insurer that is contracted with the health care provider.
3. Enter into a contract directly with the
health insurer that acquired the provider network.
C. This section does not apply to
acquisitions or arrangements that are disclosed in the network contract between
a health care provider and a health insurer and to which the health care
provider has already agreed."
Reletter
to conform"
Amend title to conform