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NY S 6523

in committee

Requires insurance companies to reimburse all health care practitioners at the same rate for cervical cytology screening

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6523 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6523 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO INSURANCE

What is NY S 6523 about?

Requires insurance companies to reimburse all health care practitioners at the same rate for cervical cytology screening, including the preparation of a Pap smear; prohibits health care practitioners from refusing to provide a Pap smear during a regular annual checkup if such patient has not had a Pap smear done in the preceding twelve months.

Who sponsors NY S 6523?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 6523.

Description

Requires insurance companies to reimburse all health care practitioners at the same rate for cervical cytology screening, including the preparation of a Pap smear; prohibits health care practitioners from refusing to provide a Pap smear during a regular annual checkup if such patient has not had a Pap smear done in the preceding twelve months.

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

  • Cordell Cleareprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-17

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8961not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2017not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6523?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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