New York Insurance Law Section 3217-E - Choice of health care provider.

  3217-e.  Choice of health care provider. An insurer that is subject
  to this article and requires or provides for designation by  an  insured
  of  a  participating  primary  care provider shall permit the insured to
  designate any participating primary care provider who  is  available  to
  accept  such  individual,  and  in the case of a child, shall permit the
  insured  to  designate  a  physician  (allopathic  or  osteopathic)  who
  specializes  in  pediatrics as the child's primary care provider if such
  provider participates in the network of the insurer.

Last modified: February 3, 2019