2025-2026 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
Create State Health Plan
The New York Health Act creates a universal, single-payer health coverage program for all state residents, replacing private insurance with publicly funded comprehensive care.
Impact 10 · Transformational·28% to pass
Impact10/10TransformationalPassage28%Create State Health Plan
The New York Health Act would create a universal, single-payer health care program for all state residents, replacing private insurance and covering comprehensive care without premiums or co-pays.
Impact 10 · Transformational·26% to pass
Impact10/10TransformationalPassage26%Cut Medicaid Aid, Lower Taxes
This bill phases out local government spending on Medicaid by 2034 and requires all savings to be used for property tax reductions.
Impact 10 · Transformational·19% to pass
Impact10/10TransformationalPassage19%Universal Child Care for All
This bill establishes a universal child care system in New York, including a permanent workforce pay equity fund, taskforce, and pilot programs for free, high-quality, and accessible child care for…
Impact 9 · Transformational·35% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage35%- A11509Assembly
Ban Tobacco Sales to Youth
This bill bans the sale of tobacco and nicotine products to anyone born after December 31, 2007.
Impact 9 · Transformational·33% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage33% Award Prizes for Disease Cures
This bill creates an interstate compact to offer financial prizes for cures to major diseases, pooling resources and incentives among participating states.
Impact 9 · Transformational·31% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage31%Universal Child Care Program
This bill creates the Early Learning Child Care Act, establishing a new payroll tax to fund universal, subsidized child care for children under five in New York, with new standards, grants, and…
Impact 9 · Transformational·27% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage27%Legalize Medical Psilocybin Use
This bill legalizes and regulates the medical use of psilocybin in New York for certain qualified conditions under medical supervision.
Impact 9 · Transformational·27% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage27%Allow Medical Psilocybin Use
This bill creates a regulated medical psilocybin program in New York, allowing use for certain medical conditions and setting safeguards.
Impact 9 · Transformational·23% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage23%- S6174Senate
Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning
This bill enacts the "childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act," establishing new standards, inspections, enforcement, and support to eliminate lead hazards in New York homes.
Impact 9 · Transformational·23% to pass
Impact9/10TransformationalPassage23%
Most likely to pass
Bills not yet signed or vetoed, by Passage score.
- A2620Assembly
Protect Kids During Police Questioning
This bill requires juveniles to consult with an attorney before police questioning, and strengthens notification and parental rights during juvenile custodial interrogations.
Impact 8 · Significant·58% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage58% Show Hospital Care Limits
This bill requires hospitals to publicly disclose and explain any rule-based exclusions that limit patient access to specific types of care.
Impact 7 · Significant·57% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage57%Require Notice for Hospital Closures
This bill requires extensive public notice, community input, and health equity assessments before general hospitals or key hospital units in New York can close or significantly reduce services.
Impact 8 · Significant·56% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage56%Erase Juvenile Court Records
This bill strengthens confidentiality and mandates automatic expungement of juvenile delinquency records in New York family court cases.
Impact 8 · Significant·53% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage53%Improve School Water Reporting
The bill requires New York's health department to implement transparent lead testing and reporting in school water and create a five-year mitigation plan.
Impact 8 · Significant·53% to pass
Impact8/10SignificantPassage53%Free Internet for Homeless Shelters
This bill requires all temporary housing facilities in New York to provide high-speed broadband internet and WiFi access to residents.
Impact 7 · Significant·53% to pass
Impact7/10SignificantPassage53%Let 18-Year-Olds Waive Hearing Notice
This bill allows foster youth age 18 or older to ask the court to keep their personal information confidential during permanency hearings.
Impact 5 · Moderate·52% to pass
Impact5/10ModeratePassage52%Create Cesarean Review Board
This bill creates a Cesarean Births Review Board to study, report, and make recommendations on cesarean birth rates in New York hospitals.
Impact 6 · Moderate·51% to pass
Impact6/10ModeratePassage51%
Recently signed or vetoed
Share Dementia Care Information
This bill requires the NY Connects program to include information and services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.
Impact 5 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact5/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into lawClarify Nurse Practitioner Roles
This bill updates various laws to clarify that nurse practitioners have the same authority as physicians for certain evaluations, certifications, and authorizations, consistent with their current…
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawAllow Out-of-State Medical Help
This bill allows out-of-state licensed health professionals to practice in New York for the 2026 Ironman Lake Placid event.
Impact 3 · Low·Signed into law
Impact3/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawAllow Out-of-State Medical Staff
This bill allows paramedics licensed in other states to treat athletes at New York Road Runners events.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawExtend Adoption Expense Payments
This bill extends the period adoptive parents can pay a birth mother's expenses from 60 to 180 days before birth and from 30 to 45 days after birth or consent.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into lawExtend Child Care Licenses
This bill extends the validity period of child care provider licenses and registrations from four to six years in New York.
Impact 4 · Low·Signed into law
Impact4/10LowOutcomeSigned into lawAllow Body Scanners in Youth Facilities
This bill authorizes and regulates the use of body scanner equipment in secure youth detention facilities and facilities run by the Office of Children and Family Services in New York.
Impact 6 · Moderate·Signed into law
Impact6/10ModerateOutcomeSigned into lawExtend Rape Kit Storage
This bill updates procedures for sexual offense evidence collection kits, extending storage time and enhancing survivor rights and kit tracking.
Impact 7 · Significant·Signed into law
Impact7/10SignificantOutcomeSigned into law