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NY S06650
Bill
Status
3/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Lea Webb
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AI Summary
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Requires all health insurers, HMOs, and state employee health plans to organize and pay for maternity care through "value-based arrangements" that financially reward positive outcomes and penalize negative outcomes
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Defines c-sections performed on low-risk individuals as a "negative outcome" subject to financial penalties under these arrangements
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Mandates that by December 31, 2026, insurers and hospitals/birthing centers must have value-based arrangements covering at least 85% of maternity cases
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Increases the coverage requirement to at least 95% of maternity cases by December 31, 2027
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Takes effect 45 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization for regulatory agencies to develop implementing rules and regulations
Legislative Description
Requires contracts for insurance and medical assistance to provide value-based care for maternity coverage; defines value-based care as an arrangement that financially rewards certain positive outcomes and financially penalizes certain negative outcomes.
Last Action
PRINT NUMBER 6650A
2/20/2026