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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 9496: Requires medicaid and insurers to include coverage for testing of PFAS levels in blood

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 9496 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires medicaid and insurers to include coverage for testing of PFAS levels in blood. Primary sponsor: Nathalia Fernández (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 18, 2026): REFERRED TO INSURANCE.

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 medicaid and insurers to include coverage for testing of PFAS levels in blood; defines PFAS.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nathalia FernándezPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34

“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 INSURANCE

Sources

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