New York A 4730: Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers services for transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people

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A04730 Summary:

BILL NOA04730 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRSeawright, Simone, Raga, Kelles, Epstein, Cruz, Shimsky, Hevesi, Davila, Carroll P

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §139-m, St Fin L

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Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers services for transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people.

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BILL NOA04730 

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02/05/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4730

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, RAGA -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to participation in
 state contracts

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

 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 2 139-m to read as follows:
 3 § 139-m. Participation in contract prohibited; health insurance;
 4 transgender status. 1. A clause shall be inserted in all specifications
 5 or contracts hereafter made or awarded by the state or any public
 6 department, agency or official thereof, for work or services performed
 7 or to be performed, for goods sold or to be sold pursuant to which any
 8 contractor, to whom any contract shall be let, granted or awarded,
 9 agrees, as a material condition of the contract, that neither such
 10 contractor nor any substantially owned or affiliated person, firm, part-
 11 nership or corporation has participated or is participating or shall
 12 participate in a health plan offered which does not cover services for
 13 transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people, including but not
 14 limited to hormone replacement therapy, gender-affirming surgery, and
 15 treatment typically associated with one particular gender. Such
 16 contract shall also provide that neither such contractor nor any
 17 substantially owned or affiliated person, firm, partnership or corpo-
 18 ration shall limit health care services, including, but not limited to
 19 routine, preventative, mental health services, or procedures, based on
 20 sex, gender, gender identity, or documented gender.
 21 2. For the purposes of this section, "services for transgender, non-
 22 binary, and gender expansive people" shall include gender-affirming
 23 health care services, treatment for gender dysphoria or gender incongru-
 24 ence and shall also include, but not be limited to medically necessary:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08919-01-5

 A. 4730 2

 1 (a) Hormone therapy, hormone antagonists, menstrual suppression, and
 2 pubertal suppression therapy;
 3 (b) Surgical procedures and revisions to prior surgery, including
 4 reversing prior surgeries;
 5 (c) Care that supports surgical recovery, including restoration of
 6 function, such as:
 7 (i) Non-surgical procedures, such as laser treatment for scars from
 8 surgery and medical tattooing to restore function; and
 9 (ii) Pre- and post-operative physical and occupational therapies, such
 10 as pelvic floor therapy and hand therapy;
 11 (d) Hair removal or restoration;
 12 (e) Fertility preservation procedures;
 13 (f) Durable medical equipment and supplies, such as compression
 14 garments, shapewear, prosthetics, and post-operative surgical dressings
 15 and devices;
 16 (g) Mental health care, including assessment, support letters, and
 17 ongoing counseling;
 18 (h) Voice care, including the assessment and treatment of the voice
 19 and related conditions, including the additional domains of speech,
 20 language, and communication under the scope of speech-language patholo-
 21 gists, otolaryngologists, and other allied voice professionals; and
 22 (i) Any other care, treatments, surgeries, services, or procedures
 23 that are deemed medically necessary by a licensed healthcare p