Bill Commons

NY S 5710

in committee

Relates to prior authorization and payments from the medical indemnity fund

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 5710 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5710 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY S 5710 about?

Requires any regulation that mandates prior authorization to establish a mechanism for submission of requests for prior authorization by health care providers directly to the medical indemnity fund; requires the medical indemnity fund administrator to notify qualified plaintiffs which costs are qualifying health care costs to be paid from the fund and which are not within a reasonably prompt period of time.

Who sponsors NY S 5710?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 5710, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires any regulation that mandates prior authorization to establish a mechanism for submission of requests for prior authorization by health care providers directly to the medical indemnity fund; requires the medical indemnity fund administrator to notify qualified plaintiffs which costs are qualifying health care costs to be paid from the fund and which are not within a reasonably prompt period of time.

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

  • James Skoufisprimary
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-28

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7049not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1936

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5710?summary=&detail=

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