State Laws

Search state statutes and regulations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to find out what rights you have in your state and what other states are doing to empower physicians and patients in the face of health insurer market power.

State Law

Code of Massachusetts Regs-Title 958-Part 3. Health Insurance Consumer Protection

07/26/2023 Massachusetts Sections 958 CMR 3.500 through 3.504, 3.508 and 3.509

Disenrollment of Primary Care Provider; Disenrollment of Providers of Care to Pregnant Women; Disenrollment of Providers of Care to the Terminally Ill; Coverage for the Newly Insured; Carrier’s Coverage Conditions; Denial of Provider Application; Provider Termination Without Cause Provisions

Continuity of Care Post-Contract, Termination, Termination-Due Process
Ama Policy

AMA Principles for Physician Employment H-225.950

10/14/2019
Anti-retaliation, Restrictive Covenants, Termination, Termination-Due Process
ARC Advocacy Resources

Termination Protection Model Bill

Requires a health insurer to give a physician specific fair process rights, e.g., a hearing, before either officially denying the physician’s request to join an insurer’s network or terminating a physician’s managed care contract or network participation.

Model Legislation, Termination-Due Process
State Law

New Jersey Admin Code-Title 11-Chapter 24A-Subchapter 4. Provisions Applicable to Carriers Offering One or More Health Benefits Plans That Are Managed Care Plans

08/15/2023 New Jersey Section 11:24A-4.8

Termination of providers from a network

Continuity of Care Post-Contract, Termination, Termination-Due Process
State Law

New Jersey Admin Code-Title 11-Chapter 24A-Subchapter 4. Provisions Applicable to Carriers Offering One or More Health Benefits Plans That Are Managed Care Plans

08/15/2023 New Jersey Section 11:24A-4.9

Hearings for provider terminations

Termination-Due Process
State Law

New Jersey Statutes-Title 26. Health and Vital Statistics

08/15/2023 New Jersey Sections 26:2S-8

Establishment of policy governing removal of health care providers

Termination, Termination-Due Process
State Law

New Jersey Admin Code-Title 11-Chapter 24-Subchapter 3. General Requirements

08/15/2023 New Jersey Section 11:24-3.6

Hearings for provider terminations

Termination-Due Process
State Law

Nebraska Rev. Statutes-Chapter 44. Insurance

08/10/2023 Nebraska Section 44-4109.01

Policies or contracts; requirements

Credentialing-Due Process-Denial of Contract, Credentialing-Patient Demographics, Termination-Due Process
Ama Policy

Managed Care Consensus Bill H-285.941

03/13/2019
Credentialing-Due Process-Denial of Contract, Termination-Due Process
Ama Policy

Qualifications and Credentialing of Physicians Involved in Managed Care H-285.991

03/13/2019
Credentialing-Due Process-Denial of Contract, Termination, Termination-Due Process