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NY A01466
Bill
Status
1/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Amy Paulin
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AI Summary
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Establishes New York Health, a universal single-payer health care program covering all state residents regardless of immigration status, with no premiums, deductibles, copayments, or restricted provider networks
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Benefits include all services currently covered under Medicaid, Medicare, Child Health Plus, and private insurance, plus long-term supports and services, prescription drugs, and mental health care
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Funded through progressively graduated payroll taxes (80% employer-paid, 20% employee-paid) and taxes on non-payroll income such as dividends and capital gains, with income under $25,000 exempt ($50,000 for Medicare enrollees)
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Creates a 45-member board of trustees to oversee the program and six regional advisory councils to address local health care needs across Long Island, New York City, Hudson Valley, Northern, Central, and Western regions
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Prohibits private insurers from offering coverage that duplicates New York Health benefits and establishes retraining programs providing up to two years of unemployment benefits and job training for displaced insurance industry workers
Legislative Description
Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
Last Action
referred to health
1/7/2026