S 940

New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 22, 2026.

Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-S-940

Session 2025-2026

Status in_committee

Committee Health

Senate in_committee 2026-04-22

Healthcare Insurance / Consumer Protection

Summary

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.

Sponsor

James Sanders Jr.

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2025-01-07	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-04-22	Status	in_committee
2026-04-22	Latest Action	In Assembly Committee

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