New York A 10203: Relates to absentee voting

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A10203 Summary:

BILL NOA10203 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08965

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSRReyes, Carroll R, Stirpe, Simon, Gonzalez-Rojas, Dinowitz, Jacobson, Steck, Rosenthal, Otis,
 Davila, Burdick, Hunter, Raga, Lavine, Bores, Woerner, Lasher, Zaccaro, Hevesi, Seawright, Kelles,
 Glick, Barrett, Lee, Tapia, Levenberg, Simone, Gallagher, Cunningham, Shimsky, Santabarbara,
 Burroughs, Moreno, Clark, Wright, McMahon

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2803-cc, amd §§2803 & 4408, Pub Health L; amd §§3217-a & 4324, Ins L

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Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website.

Go to top A10203 Actions:

BILL NOA10203 

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02/12/2026referred to health

05/11/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA10203 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/11/2026AYE/NAY:17/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzExcused

HevesiAyeGrayNay

SteckAyeSlaterNay

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoNay

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksExcused

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Go to topA10203 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10203 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10203

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, REYES, R. CARROLL, STIRPE, SIMON, GONZA-
 LEZ-ROJAS, DINOWITZ, JACOBSON, STECK, ROSENTHAL, OTIS, DAVILA,
 BURDICK, HUNTER, RAGA, LAVINE, BORES, WOERNER, LASHER, ZACCARO, HEVE-
 SI, SEAWRIGHT, KELLES, GLICK, BARRETT, LEE, TAPIA, LEVENBERG, SIMONE,
 GALLAGHER, CUNNINGHAM, SHIMSKY, SANTABARBARA, BURROUGHS -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
 to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-
 based exclusions

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that since 2003
 2 more than 40 community hospitals in New York state have closed.
 3 The legislature additionally finds that as a result of hospital
 4 consolidation, large health care systems now control more than 70
 5 percent of acute hospital beds in the state and that these systems some-
 6 times remove categories of care from local hospitals, leaving patients
 7 in regions of the state without access to particular types of care,
 8 including some types of emergency care.
 9 The legislature further finds that patients do not have the ability to
 10 determine whether health care facilities in their area provide the care
 11 they seek, because information about how facility restrictions impact
 12 options for care is too difficult to obtain.
 13 The legislature also finds that denials and poor access to care can
 14 lead to serious adverse health impacts that jeopardize individuals'
 15 lives and wellbeing and that New York needs to understand health care
 16 gaps and their impact statewide.
 17 Finally, the legislature finds that some denials of care violate state
 18 and federal law.
 19 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2803-cc
 20 to read as follows:
 21 § 2803-cc. Hospital rule-based exclusions. 1. As used in this
 22 section, "hospital rule-based exclusions" means any criteria, rules, or
 23 policies, whether written or unwritten, formally adopted or drafted,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04973-03-6

 A. 10203 2

 1 endorsed by the general hospital or followed from an external source,
 2 that restrict a general hospital from providing types of care, within
 3 the covered practice areas pursuant to subdivision one-a of this
 4 section, that the general hospital is licensed to provide or that
 5 restrict the provision of care to categories of patients on the basis of
 6 any characteristic protected u