New York A 9519: Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives

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A09519 Summary:

BILL NOA09519 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08869

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SPONSORMcDonald

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COSPNSRLunsford, Cruz, Simon, Levenberg, Sayegh, Clark, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives.

Go to top A09519 Actions:

BILL NOA09519 

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01/14/2026referred to insurance

01/20/2026reported 

01/22/2026advanced to third reading cal.242

03/11/2026substituted by s8869

&nbspS08869 AMEND= SKOUFIS

&nbsp01/12/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

&nbsp01/20/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.98

&nbsp01/27/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/27/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/27/2026referred to insurance

&nbsp03/11/2026substituted for a9519

&nbsp03/11/2026ordered to third reading cal.242

&nbsp03/11/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/11/2026returned to senate

Go to topA09519 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:INSURANCE Chair:Weprin 
DATE:01/20/2026AYE/NAY:23/0 Action: Favorable WeprinAyeBlankenbushAye

Bichotte HermelAyeHawleyAye

LavineAyePalmesanoAye

SteckAyeGandolfoAye

DilanAyeJensenAye

HunterAyeBlumencranzExcused

JacobsonAyeBendettAye

MeeksAye

ForrestAye

AndersonAye

CruzAye

BoresAye

LunsfordAye

BergerExcused

EichensteinAye

KayAye

YegerAye

WiederAye

Go to topA09519 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09519 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9519

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring certain
 health insurance policies include coverage services provided by phar-
 macists related to contraceptives

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

 1 Section 1. Item (v) of subparagraph (E) of paragraph 17 of subsection
 2 (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by section 3 of
 3 part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (v) all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products,
 5 including all over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, devices, and
 6 products as prescribed or as otherwise authorized under state or federal
 7 law; voluntary sterilization procedures pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 18022 and
 8 identified in the comprehensive guidelines supported by the health
 9 resources and services administration and thereby incorporated in the
 10 essential health benefits benchmark plan; patient education and coun-
 11 seling on contraception; and follow-up services related to the drugs,
 12 devices, products, and procedures covered under this clause, including,
 13 but not limited to, management of side effects, counseling for continued
 14 adherence, and device insertion and removal. Except as otherwise author-
 15 ized under this [clause] item, a contract shall not impose any
 16 restrictions or delays on the coverage required under this [clause]
 17 item. However, where the FDA has approved one or more therapeutic and
 18 pharmaceutical equivalent, as defined by the FDA, versions of a contra-
 19 ceptive drug, device, or product, a contract is not required to include
 20 all such therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions in its
 21 formulary, so long as at least one is included and covered without cost-
 22 sharing and in accordance with this [clause] item. If the covered ther-
 23 apeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions of a drug, device, or
 24 product are not available or are deemed medically inadvisable a contract
 25 shall provide coverage for an alternate therapeutic and pharmaceutical
 26 equivalent version of the contraceptive drug, device, or product without
 27 cost-sharing.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09936-05-6

 A. 9519 2

 1 (a) This coverage shall include emergency contraception without cost
 2 sharing when provided pursuant to a prescription, or order under section
 3 sixty-eight hundred thirty-one of the education law or when lawfully
 4 provided over-the-count