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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 1356: Prohibits state-operated hospitals from suing patients for medical debt

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 1356 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits state-operated hospitals from suing patients for medical debt. Primary sponsor: Amy Paulin (Democratic). It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits state-operated hospitals from suing patients for medical debt; defines "medical debt".

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 17 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 6 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Amy PaulinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Pamela HunterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse128
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Diana MorenoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse36
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Manny De Los SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  2. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source