A 1195 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to mandatory health insurance coverage for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer

Summary
Requires that health insurance policies shall provide coverage for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer; provides that no patient cost sharing shall be imposed for follow-up screening or diagnostic services for lung cancer.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Dec 2025
Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Signed Dec 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

A1195 A1195A · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended to add more sponsors and update the bill number to reflect its amended status. The substantive changes focus on lung cancer screening coverage requirements, adding new provisions to ensure services align with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines and allowing certain high-deductible health plans to apply deductibles under specific conditions.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include additional sponsors and to clarify that coverage must align with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines for lung cancer detection.
TECHNICAL

Bill number updated from A1195 to A1195--A to reflect amended status, and additional sponsors were added to the bill.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that lung cancer screening coverage must align with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines for detection.

Added provision allowing high-deductible health plans to apply annual deductibles to lung cancer screening if doing so would affect health savings account eligibility.

Added explicit statement that medical management and utilization review processes remain permitted for lung cancer screening services.

DEFINITION

New definition for 'nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines' specifying evidence-based, peer-reviewed standards developed by independent organizations.

Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · Assembly May 21, 2025

How they voted

560
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 63
May 29, 2025
D Democratic41
36 Yea 5
87% Yea
R Republican22
20 Yea 2
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Dec 4, 2025
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.576
lower
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 21, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
upper
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 20, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 1195A
lower
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE
lower
Jan 9, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
lower
1 primary · 27 co-sponsors

Sponsors