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NY S 8619

in committee

Requires fiscal notes to be included on bills imposing mandated benefits under insurance plans and under the Medicaid fee-for-service program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 8619 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8619 is in committee as of 2026-03-16 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-16): NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

What is NY S 8619 about?

Requires fiscal notes to be included on any bill which imposes a new mandated insurance benefit or service; expands an existing mandated insurance benefit or service, or adds, expands or requires coverage of any benefit or service under the Medicaid fee-for-service program; requires such fiscal notes to include an actuarial analysis of the potential impact on insurance premiums as a result of such new or expanded mandated insurance benefit or service.

Who sponsors NY S 8619?

Pamela Helming is the primary sponsor of NY S 8619, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Description

Requires fiscal notes to be included on any bill which imposes a new mandated insurance benefit or service; expands an existing mandated insurance benefit or service, or adds, expands or requires coverage of any benefit or service under the Medicaid fee-for-service program; requires such fiscal notes to include an actuarial analysis of the potential impact on insurance premiums as a result of such new or expanded mandated insurance benefit or service.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-16 — NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pamela Helmingprimary
  • Jake Ashbycosponsor
  • George Borrellocosponsor
  • Stephen T. Chancosponsor
  • Patrick M. Gallivancosponsor
  • Dean Murraycosponsor
  • Peter Oberackercosponsor
  • Robert Orttcosponsor
  • Robert Rolisoncosponsor
  • William Webercosponsor
  • Mario Matteracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-17

    REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-16

    NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    2026-05-12 · fail · 2-5

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
    • Erik Bottcher: no
    • Siela Bynoe: no
    • Cordell Cleare: no
    • Rachel May: no
    • James Skoufis: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8619?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-08-27T23:07:00.536577Z

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