New York A 10715: Relates to requiring services provided by telehealth reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit

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A10715 Summary:

BILL NOA10715 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSRWalker, Hevesi

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §14-106, El L

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Prohibits distribution or publishing any political communication that was produced by or includes materially deceptive media.

Go to top A10715 Actions:

BILL NOA10715 

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03/27/2026referred to election law

03/31/2026reported referred to codes

04/28/2026reported 

04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.432

Go to topA10715 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW Chair:Walker 
DATE:03/31/2026AYE/NAY:10/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes WalkerAyeSlaterNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

Carroll RCAyeMikulinNay

TaylorExcusedTagueNay

JacobsonAyeBrook-KrasnyNay

GallagherAye

RiveraAye

Chandler-WatermAye

WiederAye

Carroll P Aye

SimoneAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:04/28/2026AYE/NAY:12/6 Action: Favorable DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

BoresAbsent

ReyesAye

CunninghamExcused

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA10715 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA10715 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10715

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the use of non-consen-
 sual materially deceptive media prior to an election

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 14-106 of the election law, as
 2 added by section 1 of subpart B of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws of
 3 2024 and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 2024, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 5. (a) For purposes of this subdivision:
 6 (i) "Materially deceptive media" means any image, video, audio, text,
 7 or any technological representation of speech or conduct fully or
 8 partially created or modified that:
 9 (1) exhibits a high level of authenticity or convincing appearance
 10 that is visually or audibly indistinguishable from reality to a reason-
 11 able person;
 12 (2) depicts a scenario that did not actually occur or that has been
 13 altered in a significant way from how [they] it actually occurred; and
 14 (3) is created by or with software, machine learning, artificial
 15 intelligence, or any other computer-generated or technological means,
 16 including adapting, modifying, manipulating, or altering a realistic
 17 depiction.
 18 (ii) "Information content provider" means any person or entity that is
 19 responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of
 20 information provided through the Internet or any other interactive
 21 computer service.
 22 (b) (i) A person, firm, association, corporation, campaign, committee,
 23 or organization that distributes or publishes any political communi-
 24 cation that was produced by or includes materially deceptive media and
 25 has actual knowledge that it is materially deceptive shall be required
 26 to disclose this use.
 27 (ii) (1) For visual media the disclosure shall be printed or typed in
 28 a legible font size easily readable by the average viewer that is no

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15373-02-6

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 1 smaller than other text appearing in the visual media and in the same
 2 language used on the communication to read as follows: "This (image,
 3 video, or audio) has been manipulated".
 4 (2) For communication that is auditory, such as radio or automated
 5 telephone calls, clearly speaking the statement at the beginning of the
 6 audio, at the end of the audio, and, if the audio is greater than two
 7 minutes in length, interspersed within the audio at intervals of not
 8 greater than two minutes each and in the same language as the rest of
 9 the audio used in the communication, and in a pitch that can be easily
 10 heard by the average listener satisfies the requirements of clause one
 11 of this subparagraph.