New York S 6551: Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the MSgt Thomas P. Madison Memorial Highway

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S06551 Summary:

BILL NOS06551A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06561-B

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CLEARE, COMRIE, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Includes image-guided biopsies under mandatory insurance coverage for breast cancer screening.

Go to top S06551 Actions:

BILL NOS06551A

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

05/12/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1761

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/13/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

01/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 6551A

03/23/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1362

06/01/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A6561B

&nbspA06561 AMEND=B Weprin

&nbsp03/06/2025referred to insurance

&nbsp03/12/2025amend (t) and recommit to insurance

&nbsp03/12/2025print number 6561a

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.328

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.328

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.165

&nbsp01/12/2026amended on third reading 6561b

&nbsp05/06/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/06/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/06/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

&nbsp06/01/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S6551A

&nbsp06/01/20263RD READING CAL.1362

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6551--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, CLEARE, COMRIE, JACKSON, RHOADS -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to including image-guided
 biopsies under certain insurance coverage for breast cancer screening

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

 1 Section 1. Item (iv) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection
 2 (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 424 of
 3 the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (iv) upon the recommendation of a physician, screening and diagnostic
 5 imaging, including diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds, image-
 6 guided breast biopsies, or magnetic resonance imaging, recommended by
 7 nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines for the detection of
 8 breast cancer. For the purposes of this item, "nationally recognized
 9 clinical practice guidelines" means evidence-based clinical practice
 10 guidelines informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment
 11 of the benefits, and risks of alternative care options intended to opti-
 12 mize patient care developed by independent organizations or medical
 13 professional societies utilizing a transparent methodology and reporting
 14 structure and with a conflict of interest policy.
 15 § 2. Item (v) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph 11 of subsection (l) of
 16 section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws
 17 of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 18 (v) upon the recommendation of a physician, screening and diagnostic
 19 imaging, including diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds, image-
 20 guided breast biopsies, or magnetic resonance imaging, recommended by
 21 nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines for the detection of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10190-06-6

 S. 6551--A 2

 1 breast cancer. For the purposes of this item, "nationally recognized
 2 clinical practice guidelines" means evidence-based clinical practice