New York A 1466: Provides for establishment of the New York Health plan

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A01466 Summary:

BILL NOA01466 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03425

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SPONSORPaulin (MS)

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COSPNSRDinowitz, Rosenthal, Steck, Bichotte Hermelyn, Sayegh, Reyes, Gonzalez-Rojas, Rajkumar, Forrest,
 Kelles, Anderson, Barrett, Benedetto, Bronson, Burdick, Burke, Carroll R, Clark, Colton, Cook,
 Cruz, De Los Santos, Dilan, Fall, Gallagher, Hunter, Hyndman, Jackson, Kim, Lee, Lunsford, Lupardo,
 Meeks, Mitaynes, Otis, Peoples-Stokes, Raga, Seawright, Septimo, Shrestha, Simon, Simone, Stirpe,
 Taylor, Vanel, Walker, Weprin, Williams, Zinerman, Rivera, Levenberg, Bores, Gibbs, Alvarez, Tapia,
 Romero, Lasher, Cunningham, Valdez, Torres, Shimsky, Ramos, Schiavoni, Solages, Lavine,
 Chandler-Waterman, Wright, Hooks, Powers, Moreno, Burroughs, Carroll P

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MLTSPNSRDavila, Glick, Magnarelli, Rozic

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Ren Art 50 §§5000 - 5003 to be Art 80 §§8000 - 8003, add Art 51 §§5100 - 5111, Art 49 Title 3 §§4920 - 4928,
amd §270, Pub Health L; add §89-l, St Fin L

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Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.

Go to top A01466 Actions:

BILL NOA01466 

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01/09/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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Go to topA01466 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1466

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ROSENTHAL, STECK,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SAYEGH, REYES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, RAJKUMAR, FORREST,
 KELLES, ANDERSON, BARRETT, BENEDETTO, BRONSON, BURDICK, BURKE,
 R. CARROLL, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CRUZ, DE LOS SANTOS, DILAN, EPSTEIN,
 FALL, GALLAGHER, HUNTER, HYNDMAN, JACKSON, KIM, LEE, LUNSFORD, LUPAR-
 DO, MAMDANI, MEEKS, MITAYNES, OTIS, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAGA, SEAWRIGHT,
 SEPTIMO, SHRESTHA, SIMON, SIMONE, STIRPE, TAYLOR, VANEL, WALKER,
 WEPRIN, WILLIAMS, ZINERMAN, RIVERA, LEVENBERG, BORES, GIBBS, ALVAREZ,
 TAPIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA, GLICK, MAGNARELLI,
 ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state finance law, in
 relation to enacting the "New York health act" and establishing New
 York Health

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York health act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. 1. The state constitution
 4 states: "The protection and promotion of the health of the inhabitants
 5 of the state are matters of public concern and provision therefor shall
 6 be made by the state and by such of its subdivisions and in such manner,
 7 and by such means as the legislature shall from time to time determine."
 8 (Article XVII, §3.) The legislature finds and declares that all resi-
 9 dents of the state have the right to health care. While the federal
 10 Affordable Care Act brought many improvements in health care and health
 11 coverage, it still leaves many New Yorkers without coverage or with
 12 inadequate coverage. Millions of New Yorkers do not get the health care
 13 they need or face financial obstacles and hardships to get it. That is
 14 not acceptable. There is no plan that has been put forward other than
 15 the New York health act that will enable New York state to meet that
 16 need. New Yorkers - as individuals, employers, and taxpayers - have

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD0055