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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5955: Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for acupuncture 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 5955 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for acupuncture services. Primary sponsor: Kevin Parker (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 2, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY A622C.

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 mandatory health insurance coverage for acupuncture services upon the prescription of a health care provider acting within the provider's scope of practice.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kevin ParkerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Sam SuttonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22

“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. SUBSTITUTED BY A622C
  2. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  3. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  4. 1ST REPORT CAL.487
  5. PRINT NUMBER 5955B
  6. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE
  7. REFERRED TO INSURANCE
  8. PRINT NUMBER 5955A
  9. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE
  10. REFERRED TO INSURANCE

Sources

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