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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 3986: Relates to the use of virtual credit cards by insurers and certain health care plans

Enacted 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 3986 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the use of virtual credit cards by insurers and certain health care plans. Primary sponsor: Alex Bores (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 19, 2025): APPROVAL MEMO.31.

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.

Authorizes an insurer to pay a claim for reimbursement made by a provider using a credit card, virtual credit card or electronic funds transfer payment method that imposes on the provider a free or similar charge to process the payment; defines "virtual credit card" as a single-use series of numbers linked to a fixed dollar amount and provided by an insurer to a provider for the purpose of paying a claim for health care services performed by the provider; makes related provisions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alex BoresPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
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. APPROVAL MEMO.31
  2. SIGNED CHAP.647
  3. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  4. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  5. PASSED SENATE
  6. 3RD READING CAL.1801
  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR S2105A
  8. REFERRED TO INSURANCE
  9. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  10. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  11. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.263
  12. RULES REPORT CAL.263

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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