New York S 7731: Requires coverage of a hospitalized birthing parent's interhospital transport to accompany their infant needing such transport

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S07731 Summary:

BILL NOS07731 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07384

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSRBROUK, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, JACKSON, LIU

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires insurance coverage of a hospitalized birthing parent's interhospital transport to accompany such birthing parent's newborn infant experiencing a condition necessitating transport.

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BILL NOS07731 

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05/02/2025REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1709

06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.408

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/24/2026PASSED SENATE

03/24/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/24/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7731

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring coverage of
 a hospitalized birthing parent's interhospital transport to accompany
 their infant needing such transport

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 10 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the
 2 insurance law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (C) Coverage provided under this paragraph for maternity care shall
 5 include coverage for an interhospital transfer of a hospitalized birth-
 6 ing parent to accompany such birthing parent's newborn infant experienc-
 7 ing a condition necessitating transport.
 8 § 2. Paragraph 5 of subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance
 9 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
 10 (C) Coverage provided under this paragraph for maternity care shall
 11 include coverage for an interhospital transfer of a hospitalized birth-
 12 ing parent to accompany such birthing parent's newborn infant experienc-
 13 ing a condition necessitating transport.
 14 § 3. Subsection (c) of section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by
 15 adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
 16 (3) Coverage provided under this subsection for maternity care shall
 17 include coverage for an interhospital transfer of a hospitalized birth-
 18 ing parent to accompany such birthing parent's newborn infant experienc-
 19 ing a condition necessitating transport.
 20 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 21 it shall have become a law and shall apply to all policies and contracts
 22 issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on or after such effective
 23 date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of
 24 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 25 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 26 such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09179-01-5

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