New York A 10067: Directs the commissioner of health to integrate blockchain technology into its New York state of health marketplace and statewide health information network for New York

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A10067 Summary:

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Directs the commissioner of health to conduct a study on and then integrate blockchain technology into its New York state of health marketplace and statewide health information network for New York and improve interoperability of these two platforms.

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01/30/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10067

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the
 commissioner of health to integrate blockchain technology into its New
 York state of health marketplace and statewide health information
 network for New York and improve interoperability of these two plat-
 forms

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. Fragmented medical records
 2 impose substantial operational, administrative, and compliance costs on
 3 patients, providers, and insurers across the state. Inefficient health
 4 record management delays care, increases costs, and limits interoperabi-
 5 lity among healthcare providers. One study found that unnecessary admin-
 6 istrative spending costs the U.S. government $265 billion a year.
 7 To mitigate these challenges, New York should modernize its healthcare
 8 data infrastructure by implementing a secure, interoperable, block-
 9 chain-enabled digital health identification system administered by the
 10 New York State Department of Health (DOH). Such a system would improve
 11 portability of records, enable real-time access for authorized provid-
 12 ers, and reduce reliance on manual record transfers between clinics and
 13 healthcare facilities.
 14 New York already operates foundational digital health systems. The
 15 Affordable Care Act established the New York State of Health Market-
 16 place, which allows individuals, families, and small businesses to
 17 enroll in private insurance plans with tax credits, as well as public
 18 programs including Medicaid and the Essential Plan. In addition, the
 19 Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY) enables
 20 healthcare providers to securely exchange patient health records state-
 21 wide. Both programs are overseen by the New York State Department of
 22 Health.
 23 However, these systems currently lack full interoperability and
 24 unified patient identity infrastructure. Integrating blockchain-based
 25 digital health IDs into the New York State of Health Platform, while

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14566-01-6

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 1 building upon the existing SHIN-NY framework, would allow for a unified,
 2 secure health account for each patient, improving coordination across
 3 providers and payers. A digital health ID also provides individuals with
 4 sovereign control over access to personal records, secures data from
 5 fraud and identify theft, and ensures the health industry cannot profit
 6 from selling your data.
 7 To build on this modernization effort, the Department of Health should
 8 also explore the integration of smart contracts into the state's health
 9 insurance marketplace. Smart contracts are self-executing digital agree-
 10 ments that release funds only when predefined conditions are met. Their
 11 use in insurance administration has the potential to reduce fraud, mini-
 12 mize human error, and accelerate claims processing.
 13 Healthcare fraud frequently occurs through practices such as upcoding,
 14 in which providers bill for more expensive services than were delivered,
 15 and unbundling, in which services that should be billed as a single
 16 visit are instead billed separately. Smart contract-based claims proc-
 17 essing can help prevent these practices by ensuring claims are paid only
 18 wh