2019-2020 session: change session
Health bills
Bills on health care, insurance coverage of treatments, hospitals, public health, mental health, addiction services, aging, disability services, social services and child welfare. It spans more committees than any other topic on this site.
Highest impact
Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score
- A2371Assembly
End Religious Vaccine Exemptions
This bill repeals religious exemptions for vaccination requirements in New York schools and clarifies related immunization procedures.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A3276Assembly
Create Maternal Mortality Boards
This bill establishes a state maternal mortality review board and an advisory council to investigate and prevent maternal deaths and complications in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S240Senate
Protect Reproductive Rights
The bill enacts the Reproductive Health Act, expanding abortion rights and removing abortion from the criminal code in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A21Assembly
Protect Abortion Rights
This bill enacts the Reproductive Health Act, protecting the right to abortion and removing abortion from the penal code in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0% - A2836Assembly
Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers
This bill establishes new regulations, licensing, and transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers in New York State.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0% - A7815Assembly
Aid for Immigrant Minors
This bill ensures unaccompanied minors without lawful immigration status in New York receive access to legal, health, and support services.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0% - A8533Assembly
Emergency Prescription Access Program
This bill creates a program for uninsured New Yorkers to access insulin and life-saving drugs and allows emergency prescription refills.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0% - S1819Senate
Establish Maternal Mortality Boards
This bill establishes a state maternal mortality review board and advisory council to review maternal deaths, address disparities, and recommend prevention strategies.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0% - S2994Senate
End Religious Vaccine Exemptions
This bill repeals religious exemptions for vaccination requirements in New York schools and updates related public health procedures.
Impact 8 · Significant·0% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage0% - A10629Assembly
Create Trauma Council for Workers
This bill creates a council to develop and implement trauma-informed care strategies for frontline workers affected by COVID-19.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law
Most likely to pass
Bills not yet signed or vetoed, by Passage score.
- A2371Assembly
End Religious Vaccine Exemptions
This bill repeals religious exemptions for vaccination requirements in New York schools and clarifies related immunization procedures.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A3276Assembly
Create Maternal Mortality Boards
This bill establishes a state maternal mortality review board and an advisory council to investigate and prevent maternal deaths and complications in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - S240Senate
Protect Reproductive Rights
The bill enacts the Reproductive Health Act, expanding abortion rights and removing abortion from the criminal code in New York.
Impact 8 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact8/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A10629Assembly
Create Trauma Council for Workers
This bill creates a council to develop and implement trauma-informed care strategies for frontline workers affected by COVID-19.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A1204Assembly
Free HIV Care for Survivors
This bill expands access to full HIV post-exposure prophylaxis and related services for sexual assault victims, improving reimbursement and payment assistance procedures.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A2850Assembly
Hospitals Must Address Domestic Violence
This bill requires hospitals in New York to develop policies, train staff, and coordinate with organizations to support domestic violence victims.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A558Assembly
Raise Tobacco Age to 21
This bill raises the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco products in New York from 18 to 21.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A7812Assembly
Allow Naloxone in Public Places
This bill expands authorization and liability protection for administering opioid antagonists to any person or entity, not just specific institutions.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law
Recently signed or vetoed
- S6492Senate
Emergency Prescription Access Bill
This bill creates a demonstration program to provide insulin and other life-sustaining drugs for uninsured New Yorkers and allows emergency prescription refills.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law - A6987Assembly
Study Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality
This bill requires the New York Department of Health to study racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality and report recommendations to address them.
Impact 2 · Minimal·Signed into law
Impact2/10MinimalOutcomeSigned into law - A10500Assembly
Protect Contact Tracing Privacy
This bill establishes strict confidentiality protections for COVID-19 contact tracing information, limiting disclosure and prohibiting its use by law enforcement or immigration authorities.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - A10463Assembly
Review Prison Disease Policies
This bill expands annual reviews of infectious disease policies in correctional facilities to include emerging infectious diseases, not just HIV, AIDS, and hepatitis C.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - A2770Assembly
Improve Pre-Term Labor Care
This bill requires hospitals to provide information and care to expectant mothers about pre-term labor and its risks.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact5/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into law - A10034Assembly
Equal Rules for Dental Telehealth
Requires parity in the standards of dental telehealth services.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into law - S7115Senate
Allow Partial Prescription Fills
This bill allows prescriptions for controlled substances to be partially filled at the request of the prescriber or patient.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Vetoed
Impact5/10ModerateOutcomeVetoed - S7524Senate
Improve Doctor Grant Applications
This bill requires a work group to review and assess the fairness and accessibility of the physician grant application process, especially for individuals in underserved areas.
Impact 3 · Low·Vetoed
Impact3/10LowOutcomeVetoed