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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8257: Directs the department of health to establish an alternative payment methodology (APM) for Federally Qualified Health Centers to preserve and improve patient access to fertility care

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 8257 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on May 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Directs the department of health to establish an alternative payment methodology (APM) for Federally Qualified Health Centers to preserve and improve patient access to fertility care. Primary sponsor: Sam Sutton (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 27, 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.

Directs the department of health to establish an alternative payment methodology (APM) for federally qualified health centers to preserve and improve patient access to fertility care.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sam SuttonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
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. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.149
  5. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. PRINT NUMBER 8257A
  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  8. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  9. RETURNED TO SENATE
  10. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  11. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  12. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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