New York S 9815: Requires insurers to deposit certain funds into the reproductive health care access fund; and establishes the reproductive health care access fund

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S09815 Summary:

BILL NOS09815 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10943

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRCLEARE, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, LIU, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3246, Ins L; add §99-uu, St Fin L; amd §2599-bb-1, Pub Health L

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Requires insurance companies to deposit a certain percentage of premiums collected but not paid out in prior years for abortion care to the reproductive health care access fund for use for grants under the reproductive freedom and equity grant program; establishes the reproductive health care access fund; relates to the use of funds under the reproductive freedom and equity grant program; directs the governor to provide for funding in the state budget.

Go to top S09815 Actions:

BILL NOS09815 

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04/06/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

05/18/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1416

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to insurance

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Go to topS09815 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9815

 IN SENATE

 April 6, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurers to
 deposit certain funds into the reproductive health care access fund;
 to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the repro-
 ductive health care access fund; and to amend the public health law,
 in relation to the use of funds under the reproductive freedom and
 equity grant program

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

 1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3246
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3246. Segregated reproductive health care funds. (a) As used in this
 4 section, "covered entity" means:
 5 (1) insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide hospital,
 6 medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups on an expense-in-
 7 curred basis under health insurance policies or contracts that are
 8 issued or delivered in the state; and
 9 (2) health maintenance organizations that provide hospital, medical,
 10 or surgical benefits to individuals or groups under contracts that are
 11 issued or delivered in the state.
 12 (b) Any premium funds collected by a covered entity for coverage
 13 described in section 1303(b)(1)(B)(i) of the federal Patient Protection
 14 and Affordable Care Act in accordance with section 1303(b)(2)(b) and (c)
 15 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall be used:
 16 (1) to provide coverage for reproductive health care clinical services
 17 for insureds or enrollees in accordance with section three thousand two
 18 hundred sixteen or three thousand two hundred twenty-one of this article
 19 or with section four thousand three hundred three of this chapter; and
 20 (2) in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
 21 (c) If after the twelve-month period following the end of a plan year
 22 the amount of the ending balance of a segregated account established for
 23 coverage of reproductive health care clinical services exceeds disburse-
 24 ments, ninety percent of the ending balance shall be used to support

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13523-10-6

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 1 coverage of reproductive health care clinical services for which the use
 2 of federal funds is prohibited.
 3 (d)(1) On or before March first of each year, each covered entity
 4 subject to this section shall submit to the superintendent an accounting
 5 of receipts, disbursements, accrued interest, and the year-end balance
 6 for segregated accounts established by the covered entity under section
 7 1303(b)(2)(b) and (c) of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable
 8 Care Act:
 9 (A) on a form approved by the superintendent; and
 10 (B) with any related documentation required by the superintendent.
 11 (2) By June first of each year, the depa