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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8869: Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives

Passed both chambers 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 8869 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives. Primary sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2026): RETURNED TO SENATE.

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 certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SkoufisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“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. RETURNED TO SENATE
  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.242
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR A9519
  5. REFERRED TO INSURANCE
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.98
  9. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  10. REFERRED TO INSURANCE

Sources

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