New York S 8817: Prohibits the sale of tobacco products and vapor products within five hundred feet of a public or private school

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S08817 Summary:

BILL NOS08817 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09510

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3217-b & 4325, Ins L; amd §4406-c, Pub Health L; amd §4, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.2105-A &
A.3986-A)

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Relates to the use of virtual credit cards by insurers and certain health care plans and the effectiveness of provisions of law relating thereto.

Go to top S08817 Actions:

BILL NOS08817 

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01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

01/27/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.154

02/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9510

&nbspA09510 AMEND= Bores

&nbsp01/08/2026referred to insurance

&nbsp01/20/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/21/2026reported 

&nbsp01/21/2026rules report cal.57

&nbsp01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.57

&nbsp01/21/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/21/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/21/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8817

&nbsp02/03/20263RD READING CAL.154

&nbsp02/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/13/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp02/13/2026signed chap.33

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Go to topS08817 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topS08817 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8817

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
 to the use of virtual credit cards by insurers and certain health care
 plans; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the insur-
 ance law and the public health law relating to the use of virtual
 credit cards by insurers and certain health care plans, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 2105-A and A. 3986-A, in relation to the
 effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Subsection (p) of section 3217-b of the insurance law, as
 2 added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the insurance law and
 3 the public health law relating to the use of virtual credit cards by
 4 insurers and certain health care plans, as proposed in legislative bills
 5 numbers S. 2105-A and A. 3986-A, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (p)(1) An insurer may pay a claim for reimbursement made by a provider
 7 using a credit card, virtual credit card, or electronic funds transfer
 8 payment method that imposes on the provider a specifically identified
 9 fee or similar dedicated charge to process the payment if in advance of
 10 using such reimbursement method:
 11 (A) The insurer notifies the provider of the potential fees or other
 12 charges associated with the use of the credit card, virtual credit card,
 13 or electronic funds transfer payment;
 14 (B) The insurer offers the provider an alternative payment method that
 15 does not impose fees or similar charges on the provider; and
 16 (C) The provider or a designee of the provider elects to accept
 17 payment of the claim using the credit card, virtual credit card, or
 18 electronic funds transfer payment method. Such payment type election
 19 shall be made by the provider within thirty days of receipt of the
 20 notice from the insurer. If the provider fails to make any payment type
 21 election within thirty days, the insurer shall pay the provider using
 22 the alternative payment method offered in the notice unless the insurer
 23 is unable to pay the provider using that alternative method due to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03607-06-6

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 1 insurer lacking information necessary to make the alternative payment.
 2 In that instance, the insurer may use another fee-free method of payment
 3 in order to meet the timeframes established in section three thousand
 4 two hundred twenty-four-a of this article.
 5 (2) A decision pursuant to paragraph one of this subsection shall
 6 remain in effect until the provider notifies the insurer, in writing, of
 7 a change in the designated payment type.
 8 (3) If an insurer contracts with a vendor to process paymen