New York A 9121: Relates to prohibiting the sale or manufacture of single-use plastic water bottles not comprised of one hundred percent recycled material

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A09121 Summary:

BILL NOA09121 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08473

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRSteck, Lunsford, Maher, Reilly, Levenberg, Brook-Krasny, Seawright

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MLTSPNSR

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Directs the department of health to contract with a qualified entity for a feasibility study and actuarial analysis of long-term services and supports financing and services options.

Go to top A09121 Actions:

BILL NOA09121 

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09/26/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

02/11/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA09121 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:02/11/2026AYE/NAY:24/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means PaulinAyeJensenAye

DinowitzAyeGandolfoAye

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzAye

HevesiAyeGrayAye

SteckAyeSlaterAye

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiAye

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberAbsent

SayeghAyeDursoAye

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAbsent

MeeksAye

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Go to topA09121 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09121 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9121

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 September 26, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT directing the department of health to contract with a qualified
 entity for a feasibility study and actuarial analysis of long-term
 services and supports financing and services options

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

 1 Section 1. The department of health is hereby authorized and directed
 2 to contract with a qualified entity for a feasibility study and actuari-
 3 al analysis of long-term services and supports financing and services
 4 options. The study and analysis shall be developed in consultation with
 5 stakeholders and provide projected cost estimates of alternative financ-
 6 ing and service options as well as possible impacts to existing state-
 7 funded programs and services, including, but not limited to, Medicaid-
 8 funded home-based care and hospice programs as well as residential
 9 long-term care programs.
 10 § 2. Such study shall include but not be limited to:
 11 (a) an analysis of public and private long-term care financing
 12 programs that exist in the state, the participation rates for those
 13 programs and any clear gaps that exist including, but not limited to,
 14 gaps in coverage, affordability, participation and any factors relevant
 15 to the design of a public program;
 16 (b) modeling of three public long-term care insurance program options
 17 funded through a payroll deduction, including a front-end, limited dura-
 18 tion program, a limited duration, back-end catastrophic program, and an
 19 unlimited duration program; provided further, that key modeling outputs
 20 shall include estimated program participation rates, program costs, the
 21 distribution of program benefits, the impact on Medicaid expenditures
 22 and any financial and legal risks to the state; provided further, that
 23 sensitivity analysis on key program parameters shall be completed and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13577-01-5

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 1 include daily benefit amounts, coverage duration, benefit increase
 2 options, form of benefit and premium levels; and
 3 (c) modeling the impact of tax alternatives and other incentives for
 4 the purchase of private long-term care insurance on take-up rates in the
 5 state; provided further, that key outputs shall include the impact on
 6 insurance take-up rates, the sociodemographic profile of individuals
 7 projected to purchase long-term care insurance, program costs and the
 8 impact on Medicaid expenditures.
 9 § 3. The department of health shall prepare a report which shall be
 10 submitted to the governor and to the legislature within one year of the
 11 effective date of this act, containing findings and recommendations.
 12 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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