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NY A03187

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Angelo Santabarbara

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Live kidney donors in New York would receive lifetime, premium-free health insurance through the NY State of Health marketplace, with the state covering all premium costs rather than the donor or their employer

  • Insurance coverage must be at the gold level (highest tier) and include prescription drug coverage

  • Establishes a "kidney donor insurance fund" under joint custody of the Commissioner of Health and Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services

  • The fund would receive state appropriations, transfers, interest earnings, and may accept grants, gifts, or bequests to pay for donor health insurance

  • Applies only to live kidney donations made on or after the bill's effective date

Legislative Description

Provides lifetime, premium-free insurance through the New York state of health marketplace to a person who donates a kidney during the course of their lifetime; establishes the kidney donor insurance fund.

Last Action

referred to health

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Health1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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