New York A 2140: Relates to dental, medical and podiatric malpractice actions and to establishing a limitation on noneconomic damages in personal injury actions

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A02140 Summary:

BILL NOA02140B

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SAME ASSAME AS S00705-B

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRLasher, Epstein, Gonzalez-Rojas, Simon, Simone, Meeks, Dinowitz, Cruz, Bores, Rosenthal, Kelles,
 Steck, Forrest, Burroughs, Glick, Tapia, Pheffer Amato, Bichotte Hermelyn, Torres, Kassay, Lavine,
 Gallagher, Yeger, Carroll R, Raga, Taylor, Wieder, Valdez, Levenberg, Shimsky, Zinerman, De Los
 Santos, Burdick, Wright, Dilan, Rajkumar, Hooks, Septimo, Carroll P, Colton, Rozic, Hevesi, Lee,
 Cunningham, Shrestha, Moreno, Clark, O'Pharrow, Anderson, McDonald, Stirpe, Schiavoni, Mitaynes,
 Seawright, Kim, Santabarbara

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Ren §2830 to be §2833, add §2834, amd §4406-c, Pub Health L; amd §§3217-b, 3221, 4325, 4413, 3231 & 4308, add
§§4242 & 4715, Ins L

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Relates to fair pricing for low-complexity, routine medical care to more closely align payment rates across ambulatory settings for selected services that are safe and appropriate to provide in all settings.

Go to top A02140 Actions:

BILL NOA02140B

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01/15/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

02/13/2026amend (t) and recommit to health

02/13/2026print number 2140a

05/06/2026amend and recommit to health

05/06/2026print number 2140b

05/27/2026reported referred to codes

Go to topA02140 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:17/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzNay

HevesiAyeGrayExcused

SteckAyeSlaterNay

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoNay

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksExcused

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Go to topA02140 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA02140 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2140--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, LASHER, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SIMON, SIMONE,
 MEEKS, DINOWITZ, CRUZ, BORES, ROSENTHAL, KELLES, STECK, FORREST,
 BURROUGHS, GLICK, TAPIA, PHEFFER AMATO, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, TORRES,
 KASSAY, LAVINE, GALLAGHER, YEGER, R. CARROLL, RAGA, TAYLOR, WIEDER,
 VALDEZ, LEVENBERG, SHIMSKY, ZINERMAN, DE LOS SANTOS, BURDICK, WRIGHT,
 DILAN, RAJKUMAR, HOOKS, SEPTIMO, P. CARROLL, COLTON, ROZIC, HEVESI,
 LEE, CUNNINGHAM, SHRESTHA, MORENO, CLARK, O'PHARROW, ANDERSON, McDO-
 NALD, STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
 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 public health law, in relation to fair pricing for
 low-complexity, routine medical care; and to amend the insurance law,
 in relation to billing and reimbursement

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2830 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 2 764 of the laws of 2022, is renumbered section 2833 and a new section
 3 2834 is added to read as follows:
 4 § 2834. Fair pricing for certain services. 1. As used in this section:
 5 (a) "Site-neutral payment policy" means the policy of reimbursing
 6 health care providers the same amount for a similar service, regardless
 7 of the site or setting of the service.
 8 (b) "Applicable services" means outpatient or ambulatory items or
 9 services that can safely be provided across ambulatory care settings;
 10 including:
 11 (i) any outpatient or ambulatory item or service paid by medicare on a
 12 site-neutral basis, such as services paid exclusively through non-hospi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02527-13-6

 A. 2140--B 2

 1 tal fee schedules or paid at a rate set to match with a non-hospital fee
 2 schedule rate; or
 3 (ii) the services, identified by healthcare common procedure coding
 4 system (HCPCS) codes, contained within the sixty-six a