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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6586: Requires health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover patient navigation services

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 6586 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover patient navigation services. Primary sponsor: David Weprin (Democratic). It lists 19 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.

Requires health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover patient navigation services.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David WeprinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
John ZaccaroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80

“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