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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5565: 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

S 5565 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover patient navigation services. Primary sponsor: Jamaal Bailey (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 20, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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 7 · Democratic/Working Families 7 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jamaal BaileyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Siela BynoeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. REFERRED TO INSURANCE
  3. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  4. REFERRED TO INSURANCE

Sources

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