Healthcare (Hospitals)

in committee · New York · Senate May 21, 2025

S 6223: Relates to permitting an interpreter to remain with a deaf, hard of hearing or nonverbal patient during admission to a hospital

Requires hospitals to permit an interpreter to remain with a deaf, hard of hearing or nonverbal patient during admission to a hospital until appropriate hospital staff is assigned to interpret.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires hospitals to permit interpreters during patient admission, improving access for deaf/hard of hearing patients and protecting patient rights in healthcare settings.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals

Track

in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 6466: Authorizes reimbursement for testing for familial dysautonomia, Canavan's disease and Tay-Sachs

Provides that every policy which provides coverage for hospital, surgical or medical care or provides reimbursement for laboratory tests or diagnostic X-rays shall provide coverage for testing of familial dysautonomia, Canavan's disease and Tay-Sachs; provides that in order to maintain the confidentiality of persons tested, receipt of acknowledgement from the testing facility shall be deemed sufficient evidence of testing.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates insurance coverage for specific genetic tests, expanding access to diagnostic services and protecting patient rights per bill language.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals

Track

in committee · New York · Senate Feb 9, 2026

S 1857: Establishes a pilot hospital medical debt relief program

Establishes a three-year pilot hospital medical debt relief program to provide hospital medical debt relief to eligible residents of the state utilizing a not-for-profit organization to identify, acquire and cancel medical debt of such eligible residents directly from health care providers in the state.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRelieves medical debt burden, improving patient access to healthcare services and reducing financial barriers to care.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals

Track

in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 7988: Relates to the performance of medical services by physician assistants

Relates to the performance of medical services by physician assistants; provides that a physician assistant may practice without the supervision of a physician when such physician assistant is employed by a health system or hospital and is credentialed and given privileges by such health system or hospital, or when such physician assistant is licensed, has practiced for more than six thousand hours, is practicing in primary care, and is performing certain functions.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEnables physician assistants to practice independently under specific conditions, expanding primary care access without physician supervision.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Medical Licensing Primary Care

Track

signed · New York · Assembly Feb 14, 2025

A 1026: Relates to access to doulas; repealer

Requires the department of health to require all maternal healthcare facilities to include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent is allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates healthcare facilities to provide clear information enabling birthing parents to access doula support during delivery and postpartum care, improving patient access to maternal health services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Women's Health

in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 5581: Creates esophageal cancer educational pamphlets and requires esophageal cancer testing and treatments be covered by certain insurance plans

This bill requires New York's health commissioner to create plain-language educational pamphlets about esophageal cancer symptoms, risk factors, detection methods, and treatment options. It mandates that healthcare providers discuss these pamphlets with patients at risk (e.g., those with family history) or newly diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The bill also amends insurance laws to require certain health insurance plans to cover esophageal cancer screening and treatment without cost-sharing (like copays or deductibles). These provisions apply to hospital, surgical, and medical care policies issued in New York. The pamphlets must be available by January 1, 2026.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates insurance coverage for esophageal cancer screening/treatment without cost-sharing and requires provider education materials, improving patient access and coverage.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Insurance

Track

in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 2702: Relates to anatomical gifts

Relates to the tax credit for organ and tissue donors; allows persons fourteen and fifteen years old to register to make an anatomical gift with parental notification; requires certain tax documents to include organ donation check box (Part A); directs the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption in instruction in high schools of information relating to blood, bone marrow and organ and tissue donations (Part B); relates to education requirements for physicians and nurses relating to organ and tissue donation and recovery (Part C); relates to state agency mandatory inquiry provisions (Part D); requires coroners and medical examiners to develop a protocol for making referrals of deaths that fall under their jurisdiction and occur outside of a hospital to the federally designated organ procurement organization (Part E).

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill provides tax credit for organ donors, a form of tax relief aligning with fiscal support indicators.85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill promotes organ donation through tax credits, minor registration with parental consent, and educational programs, advancing transplant access and public health initiatives.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Procurement Tax Credits Hospitals Substance Abuse

Track

in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 661: Requires hospitals to provide medically supervised detoxification services

Requires hospitals to provide medically supervised detoxification services to all patients requiring such services; provides, that if the hospital is at ninety percent capacity or greater, such hospital shall connect the patient to an alternative facility within such patient's network to access such medically supervised detoxification services without any increased risk to the health or life of the patient.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates hospitals to provide medically supervised detox services, improving patient access to critical healthcare treatment without restricting coverage.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Substance Abuse

Track

in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 6496: Requires any hospital that provides birthing services to provide written, educational material containing information about premature, newborn infants

Requires any hospital that provides birthing services to provide written, educational material containing information about premature newborn infants.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates hospitals to provide educational material on premature newborns, improving patient access to critical health information and strengthening healthcare services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals

Track

in committee · New York · Assembly Dec 8, 2025

A 2439: Establishes a reproductive health services training grant program

Establishes a reproductive health services training and education grant program to train licensed providers and interns or residents who are employed by a hospital or otherwise enrolled in an accredited graduate medical education program in the performance of abortion and related reproductive health services; establishes the reproductive health training and education fund.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEstablishes grant program to train providers in abortion services, directly funding reproductive healthcare access and provider education.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Women's Health

Track