Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery
Summary
Requires insurers to provide coverage for tattooing of the nipple-areolar complex pursuant to or as part of breast reconstruction surgery if such tattooing is performed by a physician or other health care practitioner working within their scope of practice.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Assembly Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Aug 2024
Introduced Mar 23, 2023
Signed Aug 26, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · Assembly Jun 1, 2023
How they voted
61–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 62
May 29, 2024
D
Democratic41
100% Yea
R
Republican21
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Aug 26, 2024
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.228
lower
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Mar 14, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
upper
Mar 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 1, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 5729A
lower
May 17, 2023
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Paulin
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Hevesi
DDemocratic
Co
Anna Kelles
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Chris Burdick
DDemocratic/Independence/Working Families
Co
Dave McDonough
RRepublican
Co
David Weprin
DDemocratic
Co
Jo Anne Simon
DDemocratic
Co
Jodi Giglio
RRepublican/Conservative
Co
Karen McMahon
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Zebrowski
DDemocratic
Co
Nily Rozic
DDemocratic
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