New York Assembly bill in Session 2025-2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.
Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth.
Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-04 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Assembly Committee |