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NY A 7681

in committee

Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 7681 pass?

Not yet. NY A 7681 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY A 7681 about?

Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.

Who sponsors NY A 7681?

Vivian Cook is the primary sponsor of NY A 7681, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Description

Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Vivian Cookprimary
  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyncosponsor
  • Alicia Hyndmancosponsor
  • Deborah Glickcosponsor
  • Carrie Woernercosponsor
  • Manny De Los Santoscosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Alex Borescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-04

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

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  • Prior session: A 5966not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 940

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A7681?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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