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A02371 Summary:

BILL NOA02371
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPaulin
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §4406, Pub Health L; amd §162, Civ Serv L; amd §364-j, Soc Serv L
 
Requires contracts for insurance and medical assistance to provide value-based care for maternity coverage; defines value-based care as an arrangement that financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially penalizes certain negative outcomes.
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A02371 Actions:

BILL NOA02371
 
01/16/2025referred to insurance
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A02371 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2371
 
SPONSOR: Paulin
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, the public health law, the civil service law and the social services law, in relation to value-based care for maternity coverage   PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to require all types of health insurance to enter value-based arrangements for maternity coverage for at least nine- ty five percent of the maternity cases of each insurer.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new subparagraph c to paragraph 10 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law to define "value-based arrangement". It also further defines a negative outcome as a c- section on a low risk individual. Section 2 add an amendment to paragraph 5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law to define "value-based arrangement". It also further defines a negative outcome as a c-section on a low risk individ- ual Section 3 amends paragraph 1 of subsection c of section 4303 of the insurance law to add a new subparagraph d which defines "value-based arrangement". It also further defines a negative outcome as a c-section on a low risk individual Section 4 adds a new subdivision 6 of section 4406 of the public health law to require a health maintenance organization reimburse and pay for maternity care through a value-based arrangement. It also defines a "value-based arrangement." It further defines a negative outcome as a c-section on a low-risk individual. Sections 5 add as new subdivision 10 to section 162 of the civil service law to require any contract entered into for maternity care be organized and paid for through a value-based arrangement. It also which defines a "value-based arrangement". It further defines a negative outcome as a c-section on a low risk individual Section 6 establishes the effective date. Such effective date shall be 45 days after enactment.   JUSTIFICATION: Since the 1970s, the c-section rate in this country has increased by 500 percent, where 1 in 3 babies are born via c-section today. Despite this growing trend, research demonstrates there is no evidence that cesarean births provide any benefit to the mother or newborn when the procedure is not required, in fact, it is quite the opposite. Currently, the c-section rate in New York State is approximately 34.1 percent, which slightly exceeds the national average and greatly exceeds the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) ideal rate of 10-15 percent. Importantly, cesarean birth rates vary greatly across hospitals, ranging between 7% and 70% depending on what hospital a birthing person goes to. Studies have found that cesarean birth rates in hospitals are directly linked to higher maternal death rates and higher costs for healthcare. The increase in cesarean rates in the U.S. is linked to an increase in maternal deaths overall as the procedure can lead to neonatal respir- atory problems and maternal health complications. In fact, cesareans can account for three of the top six leading causes of maternal mortality -hemorrhage, complications of anesthesia, and infection. Additionally, there is an alarming disparity in cesarean birth rates among different birthing populations. Black birthing people are more likely to receive a cesarean overall and they are also more likely to undergo repeated cesareans compared to other birthing people, which further increases the risk of mortality. In fact, in the U.S., black birthing people are 4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white birthing people. In 2023, America's Health Rankings (AHR) reported that of the 50 states, New York is ranked 49th for the highest rate of low-risk c-sections. A cesarean delivery is considered "low-risk" if a single infant is deliv- ered headfirst at full term to a mother who has not given birth before. AHR further reported that between 2019 and 2021, the rate of low-risk cesarean delivery increased 6 percent in NYS and only 3 percent nationally. Low-risk cesarean deliveries were higher among Black birth- ing people. With the rate of c-sections steadily rising in New York State over the last several years, more needs to be done to reverse this trend. Value-based arrangements have the potential to reduce the number of medically unnecessary procedures, like c-sections, and the negative health outcomes that often follow. Value-based arrangements reward health care providers with incentive payments for the quality of care they give to people, not the quantity. This bill would define a "value-based arrangement" as an arrangement that financially rewards certain positive health outcomes and financial- ly penalizes certain negative outcomes, where a negative outcome includes performing a c-section on a low-risk individual. The bill further requires every type of insurance to enter into a value-based arrangement with hospitals, FQHCs providing maternity services, and birthing centers in the state. By December 2025, each insurer and hospi- tal and/or birthing center shall enter value-based arrangements with eight five percent of the insurer's maternity cases, increasing to nine- ty-five percent of the insurer's maternity cases by December 31, 2026. For some birthing people, a c-section is the best and safest option for both the mother and the baby. However, the rate of low-risk c-sections performed in New York is inexplainable and when compounded with the negative maternal health outcomes we see in this state, the rate of this procedure is inexcusable.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.9249. of 2024, referred to /insurance /Same as S. 9013 of 2024, referred to insurance.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall have become a law.
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A02371 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2371
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 16, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Insurance
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, the public health law, the civil
          service law and the social services law, in  relation  to  value-based
          care for maternity coverage
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subsection  (i)  of  section  3216  of  the
     2  insurance  law  is  amended  by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (C)(i) Coverage provided by this paragraph shall be organized and paid
     5  for through a value-based arrangement pursuant to the schedule set forth
     6  in this subparagraph.  "Value-based arrangement" shall mean an  arrange-
     7  ment  that financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially
     8  penalizes certain negative outcomes.  For the purposes of this  section,
     9  a negative outcome shall include a c-section on a low risk individual.
    10    (ii)  By  December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five each insurer
    11  shall enter into  value-based  arrangements  with  hospitals,  federally
    12  qualified  health  centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
    13  centers that provide at least eighty-five percent of the maternity  care
    14  for enrollees of such insurer.
    15    (iii)  By  December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six each insurer
    16  shall enter into  value-based  arrangements  with  hospitals,  federally
    17  qualified  health  centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
    18  centers that provide at least ninety-five percent of the maternity  care
    19  for enrollees of such insurer.
    20    §  2.  Paragraph  5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
    21  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
    22    (C)(i) Coverage provided by this paragraph shall be organized and paid
    23  for through a value-based arrangement pursuant to the schedule set forth
    24  in this subparagraph.  "Value-based arrangement" shall mean an  arrange-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05808-01-5

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     1  ment  that financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially
     2  penalizes certain negative outcomes.  For the purposes of this  section,
     3  a negative outcome shall include a c-section on a low risk individual.
     4    (ii)  By  December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five each insurer
     5  shall enter into  value-based  arrangements  with  hospitals,  federally
     6  qualified  health  centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
     7  centers that provide at least eighty-five percent of the maternity  care
     8  of enrollees of such insurer.
     9    (iii)  By  December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six each insurer
    10  shall enter into  value-based  arrangements  with  hospitals,  federally
    11  qualified  health  centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
    12  centers that provide at least ninety-five percent of the maternity  care
    13  of enrollees of such insurer.
    14    §  3.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance
    15  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
    16    (D)(i) Coverage provided by this paragraph shall be organized and paid
    17  for through a value-based arrangement pursuant to the schedule set forth
    18  in this subparagraph.  "Value-based arrangement" shall mean an  arrange-
    19  ment  that financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially
    20  penalizes certain negative outcomes.  For the purposes of this  section,
    21  a negative outcome shall include a c-section on a low risk individual.
    22    (ii)  By  December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five each insurer
    23  shall enter into  value-based  arrangements  with  hospitals,  federally
    24  qualified  health  centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
    25  centers that provide at least eighty-five percent of the maternity  care
    26  of enrollees of such insurer.
    27    (iii)  By  December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six each insurer
    28  shall enter into  value-based  arrangements  with  hospitals,  federally
    29  qualified  health  centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
    30  centers that provide at least ninety-five percent of the maternity  care
    31  of enrollee of such insurer.
    32    §  4. Section 4406 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
    33  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    34    6. (a) A health maintenance organization which provides  coverage  for
    35  maternity  care  shall  reimburse  and  pay  for such coverage through a
    36  value-based arrangement pursuant  to  the  schedule  contained  in  this
    37  subdivision.  "Value-based  arrangement"  shall mean an arrangement that
    38  financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially  penalizes
    39  certain negative outcomes.  For the purposes of this section, a negative
    40  outcome shall include a c-section on a low risk individual.
    41    (b)  By  December  thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, each health
    42  maintenance organization shall  enter  into  contracts  with  hospitals,
    43  federally  qualified  health  centers  providing  maternity care, and/or
    44  birthing centers that provide value-based arrangements that  provide  at
    45  least  eighty-five  percent  of the maternity care for enrollees of such
    46  organization.
    47    (c) By December thirty-first, two  thousand  twenty-six,  each  health
    48  maintenance  organization  shall  enter  into  contracts with hospitals,
    49  federally qualified health  centers  providing  maternity  care,  and/or
    50  birthing  centers  that provide value-based arrangements that provide at
    51  least ninety-five percent of the maternity care  of  enrollees  of  such
    52  organization.
    53    §  5.  Section 162 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
    54  subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    55    10. (a) Any contract entered into under  this  section  shall  require
    56  that coverage for maternity care shall be organized and paid for through

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     1  a  value-based  arrangement  pursuant to the schedule contained in para-
     2  graphs (b) and (c) of this subdivision. "Value-based arrangement"  shall
     3  mean  an  arrangement that financially rewards certain positive outcomes
     4  and  financially  penalizes certain negative outcomes.  For the purposes
     5  of this section a negative outcome shall include a c-section  on  a  low
     6  risk individual.
     7    (b)  By  December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, each insurer
     8  shall enter into  value-based  arrangements  with  hospitals,  federally
     9  qualified  health  centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
    10  centers that provide at least eighty-five percent of the maternity  care
    11  of enrollees of such insurer.
    12    (c)  By  December  thirty-first,  two thousand twenty-six each insurer
    13  shall enter into  value-based  arrangements  with  hospitals,  federally
    14  qualified  health  centers providing maternity services, and/or birthing
    15  centers that provide at least ninety-five percent of the maternity  care
    16  of enrollees of such insurer.
    17    §  6.  Section 364-j of the social services law is amended by adding a
    18  new subdivision 40 to read as follows:
    19    40. (a) A managed care provider which provides coverage for  maternity
    20  care  shall  reimburse and   pay  for  such  coverage  through  a value-
    21  based  arrangement   pursuant   to   the   schedule   contained in  this
    22  subdivision. "Value-based arrangement" shall mean  an  arrangement  that
    23  financially  rewards certain positive outcomes and financially penalizes
    24  certain negative outcomes.  For the purposes of this section, a negative
    25  outcome shall include a c-section on a low risk individual.
    26    (b)  By  December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, each managed
    27  care provider shall enter into value based arrangements with  hospitals,
    28  federally  qualified health centers providing maternity services, and/or
    29  birthing centers that provide at least eighty-five percent of the mater-
    30  nity care of enrollees of the managed care provider.
    31    (c) By December thirty-first, two thousand  twenty-six,  each  managed
    32  care  provider shall enter into value-based arrangements with hospitals,
    33  federally qualified health centers providing maternity services,  and/or
    34  birthing centers that provide at least ninety-five percent of the mater-
    35  nity care of enrollees of the managed care provider.
    36    §  7. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall
    37  have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to  section
    38  364-j  of  the social services law made by section six of this act shall
    39  not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed ther-
    40  ewith.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or  repeal  of
    41  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
    42  its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or  before
    43  such effective date.
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