Bill Commons

NY S 9709

in committee

Relates to requiring all insurance policies and medical assistance to provide coverage for medically necessary hearing aids for children under 16 years of age

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9709 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9709 is in committee as of 2026-04-02 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): REFERRED TO INSURANCE

What is NY S 9709 about?

Enacts "Isabella's law" to require all health insurance policies and medical assistance to provide insurance coverage for the cost of medically necessary hearing aids for children under the age of 16.

Who sponsors NY S 9709?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 9709, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Enacts "Isabella's law" to require all health insurance policies and medical assistance to provide insurance coverage for the cost of medically necessary hearing aids for children under the age of 16.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-02 — REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cordell Cleareprimary
  • Jeremy Cooneycosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-02

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7099not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 432not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2561not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6902not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9709?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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