New York S 4917: Creates a task force to study and assess the condition of African American men in New York

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S04917 Summary:

BILL NOS04917B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08144-B

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires health insurance contracts cover postpartum pelvic floor therapy for new mothers.

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BILL NOS04917B

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

05/12/20251ST REPORT CAL.983

05/13/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4917A

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

04/08/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

04/08/2026PRINT NUMBER 4917B

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1356

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4917--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance --
 reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
 report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
 retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring postpartum
 pelvic floor therapy be covered under maternity care

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

 1 Section 1. Item (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 10 of subsection
 2 (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 56 of the
 3 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (ii) Maternity care coverage shall also include, at minimum, parent
 5 education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, postpar-
 6 tum pelvic floor therapy, and the performance of any necessary maternal
 7 and newborn clinical assessments.
 8 § 2. Item (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 5 of subsection (k) of
 9 section 3221 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 56 of the laws of
 10 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 11 (ii) Maternity care coverage shall also include, at minimum, parent
 12 education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, postpar-
 13 tum pelvic floor therapy, and the performance of any necessary maternal
 14 and newborn clinical assessments.
 15 § 3. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (c) of section 4303
 16 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 661 of the laws of 1997, is
 17 amended to read as follows:
 18 (B) Maternity care coverage also shall include, at minimum, parent
 19 education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, postpar-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08356-07-6

 S. 4917--B 2

 1 tum pelvic floor therapy, and the performance of any necessary maternal
 2 and newborn clinical assessments.
 3 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to
 5 policies or contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on
 6 or after such date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
 7 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 8 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 9 completed on or before such date.

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