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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 3149: Relates to actions by health care providers against patients

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 3149 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to actions by health care providers against patients. Primary sponsor: William Colton (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO INSURANCE.

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.

Relates to actions by health care providers against patients; provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to an action by a health care provider against a patient for recovery of payment for an outstanding bill that such health care provider failed to submit such insurance claim to the patient's insurer in a timely manner.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
William ColtonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Brian MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71

“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 INSURANCE
  2. REFERRED TO INSURANCE

Sources

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