New York - Session 2025-2026
Title: 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.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-07 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-26 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-26 | Latest Action | Senate Floor Calendar |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A 10718 | Enacts "India's law" | in_committee |
| A 10736 | Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care | 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 6554 | Provides for benefits for certain emergency medical technicians in the city of New York who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by a stroke resulting in disability or death | in_committee |
| S 8806 | Directs counties to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans | enacted |
| S 9604 | Provides liability protections for health care providers who issue vaccines | in_committee |
| A 10747 | Requires health insurance plans to cover a medically necessary peripheral artery disease screening test for any at-risk individual | in_committee |
| A 9016 | Requires property/casualty insurance companies to submit certain data to the department of financial services and authorizes premium discounts to policyholders who demonstrate certain mitigation actions | in_committee |