N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 586

§ 586. Payment for services. 1. It shall be unlawful for any purveyor\nof clinical laboratory services, directly or indirectly, through any\nperson, firm, corporation or association or its officers or agents, to\nbill or receive payment, reimbursement, compensation or fee from any\nperson other than the recipient of the services, such recipient being\nthe person upon whom the clinical services have been or will be\nrendered.\n 2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall be\ninapplicable to services rendered by a clinical laboratory operated by\nthe state of New York; and to payment by:\n (a) A legal relative of the recipient of the services;\n (b) An insurance carrier designated by the recipient of the services;\n (c) A hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter on\nbehalf of an in-patient or out-patient of such hospital having been the\nrecipient of the services;\n (d) One purveyor to another purveyor for actual services rendered;\n (e) An industrial firm only for its own employees;\n (f) A trade union health facility only for its registered patients;\n (g) Governmental agencies and/or their specified public or private\nagent, agency or organization on behalf of the recipient of the\nservices;\n (h) A substance abuse or chemical dependence program which has been\napproved to operate by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse\nservices pursuant to the provision of section 23.01 or article\nthirty-two of the mental hygiene law on behalf of clients of such a\nprogram having been the recipient of the services; and\n (i) A health maintenance organization operating in accordance with\narticle forty-three of the insurance law or article forty-four of this\nchapter.\n 3. The public health council shall adopt and amend rules and\nregulations, subject to approval by the commissioner, to effectuate the\nprovisions and purposes of this section.\n