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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 7681: Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth

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 7681 is a bill introduced in the New York House on April 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth. Primary sponsor: Vivian Cook (Democratic). It lists 9 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.

Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Vivian CookPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Alex BoresCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Manny De Los SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Carrie WoernerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113

“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