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NY S07731

Bill

Status

Engrossed

6/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lea Webb

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires health insurance policies to cover interhospital transfer of a hospitalized birthing parent when their newborn infant must be transported to another facility for a medical condition

  • Applies to individual health insurance policies (Section 3216), group health insurance policies (Section 3221), and health maintenance organization contracts (Section 4303)

  • Takes effect 120 days after becoming law and applies to policies issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on or after that date

  • Authorizes immediate rulemaking to implement the requirements before the effective date

Legislative Description

Requires insurance coverage of a hospitalized birthing parent's interhospital transport to accompany such birthing parent's newborn infant experiencing a condition necessitating transport.

Last Action

ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

3/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Women's Issues1/7/2026
Insurance6/9/2025
Rules6/9/2025
Finance5/20/2025
Women's Issues5/2/2025

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