New York A 6596: Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities and insurers; relates to coverage for treatment for gender dysphoria

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A06596 Summary:

BILL NOA06596C

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SAME ASSAME AS S09275-A

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRCruz, Gonzalez-Rojas, Seawright, Lunsford, Davila, Simone, Epstein, Reyes, Romero, Carroll P,
 Meeks, Kelles, Levenberg, Hevesi, Shimsky, Bores, Simon, Lee, Moreno, Wright, Gallagher, Glick,
 Shrestha, Bronson, Barrett, Cunningham, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L; amd §§292, Exec L; amd §§3243, 4303, 3221 & 3216, Ins L

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Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance coverage for services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.

Go to top A06596 Actions:

BILL NOA06596C

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03/06/2025referred to health

06/02/2025amend (t) and recommit to health

06/02/2025print number 6596a

01/07/2026referred to health

02/25/2026amend and recommit to health

02/25/2026print number 6596b

04/24/2026amend (t) and recommit to health

04/24/2026print number 6596c

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

Go to topA06596 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6596--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, CRUZ, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SEAWRIGHT, LUNS-
 FORD, DAVILA, SIMONE, REYES, ROMERO, P. CARROLL, MEEKS, KELLES, LEVEN-
 BERG, HEVESI, SHIMSKY, BORES, SIMON, LEE, MORENO -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
 reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public health law, in
 relation to requiring Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regard-
 less of federal funding; to amend the executive law, in relation to
 prohibiting discriminatory practices by health care entities; and to
 amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting discriminatory
 practices by insurers and to coverage for treatment for gender dyspho-
 ria or gender incongruence

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law
 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (oo) to read as follows:
 3 (oo) all medically necessary gender-affirming care regardless of
 4 whether any federal funds are available for such coverage.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 2510 of the public health law, as
 6 amended by section 1 of part DDD of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 7 amended to read as follows:
 8 7. "Covered health care services" means: the services of physicians,
 9 optometrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, midwives and other related
 10 professional personnel which are provided on an outpatient basis,
 11 including routine well-child visits; diagnosis and treatment of illness
 12 and injury; inpatient health care services; laboratory tests; diagnostic

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09201-11-6

 A. 6596--C 2

 1 x-rays; prescription and non-prescription drugs, ostomy and other
 2 medical supplies and durable medical equipment; radiation therapy;
 3 chemotherapy; hemodialysis; outpatient blood clotting factor products
 4 and other treatments and services furnished in connection with the care
 5 of hemophilia and other blood clotting protein deficiencies; emergency
 6 room services; ambulance services; hospice services; emergency, preven-
 7 tive and routine dental care, including orthodontia but excluding
 8 cosmetic surgery; emergency, preventive and routine vision care, includ-
 9 ing eyeglasses; speech and hearing services; inpatient and outpatient
 10 mental health, alcohol and substance abuse services, including children
 11 and family