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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 2398: Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed

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 2398 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed. Primary sponsor: Roxanne Persaud (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 4, 2026): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

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 genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roxanne PersaudPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate19
April BaskinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate63
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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 GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.798
  7. REFERRED TO CODES
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  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