26:2SS-7 Billing for emergency, urgent care.
7. a. If a covered person receives medically necessary services at any health care facility on an emergency or urgent basis as defined by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, 42 U.S.C. s.1395dd et seq. and section 14 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.64), the facility shall not bill the covered person in excess of any deductible, copayment, or coinsurance amount applicable to in-network services pursuant to the covered person's health benefits plan.
b. If a covered person receives medically necessary services at an out-of-network health care facility on an emergency or urgent basis as defined by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, 42 U.S.C. s.1395dd et seq. and section 14 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.64), and the carrier and facility cannot agree on the final offer as a reimbursement rate for these services pursuant to section 9 of this act, the carrier, health care facility, or covered person, as applicable, may initiate binding arbitration pursuant to section 10 or 11 of this act.
c. If a health care facility is in-network with respect to any health benefits plan, the facility shall ensure that all providers providing services in the facility on an emergency or inadvertent basis are provided notification of the provisions of this act and information as to each health benefits plan with which the facility has a contract to be in-network.
d. A health care facility that contracts with a carrier to be in-network with respect to any health benefits plan shall annually report to the Department of Health the health benefits plans with which the facility has an agreement to be in-network.
e. Subsections a. and b. of this section shall only apply to providers providing services to members of entities providing or administering a self-funded health benefits plan and its plan members if the entity elects to be subject to section 9 of this act pursuant to subsection d. of that section.
f. The Department of Health shall make the information collected pursuant to subsection d. of this section available to the Department of Banking and Insurance.
L.2018, c.32, s.7.
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