New York - Session 2025-2026
Title: Enacts the Health Care Nondiscrimination Act of 2025
Enacts the Health Care Nondiscrimination Act; requires insurance coverage and health plans to implement equality and non-discrimination between licensed health care providers; requires fee parity between different classes of licensed providers providing the similar or like-kind services; requires practitioners to discuss and refer or prescribe non-pharmacological treatment alternatives before prescribing an opioid treatment; allows any licensed health care provider to perform certain services, including certifying disability and employment by school districts; provides for enforcement and penalties.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-19 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Senate Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A 10720 | Requires state university councils to include the institution's faculty and professional staff | in_committee |
| A 10723 | Relates to prohibiting the construction of certain energy storage systems within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in N.Y. City | in_committee |
| A 10729 | Requires that applications for a charter school shall be approved by the community district education council or board of education and public vote | in_committee |
| A 10753 | Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist | in_committee |
| A 10755 | Relates to improving student mental health and mental health literacy in institutions of higher education in the state, and requiring the amendment or adoption of related protocols, policies and programs | in_committee |
| S 8777 | Relates to technical assistance provided to municipalities related to college and university closures; repealer | enacted |
| S 9606 | Relates to appropriations to the Barker central school district following the cessation of operations of an electric generating facility located within such district | in_committee |
| A 10718 | Enacts "India's law" | in_committee |