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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1617: Provides for automatic enrollment and recertification simplification for Medicaid eligible recipients

Passed one chamber 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

S 1617 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for automatic enrollment and recertification simplification for Medicaid eligible recipients. Primary sponsor: Gustavo Rivera (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

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.

Provides for automatic enrollment and recertification simplification for Medicaid managed care plans and long term care plans.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic/Working Families 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gustavo RiveraPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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 WAYS AND MEANS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.385
  7. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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