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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 940: Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth

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 940 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth. Primary sponsor: James Sanders (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 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.

Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SandersPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.384
  7. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  8. COMMITTED TO RULES
  9. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  10. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  11. 1ST REPORT CAL.883
  12. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

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