Healthcare (Women's Health)

in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 895: Requires insurance to cover a car seat to be provided upon discharge of a newborn from a hospital

This bill requires health insurance plans to cover the cost of an appropriate car seat for newborns at the time of hospital discharge. It directly affects new parents and newborns by ensuring they receive a required child restraint system without out-of-pocket costs. The key provision amends insurance law to explicitly include "an initial appropriate child restraint system" as part of mandatory maternity care coverage, alongside services like breastfeeding support and newborn assessments. The change applies to all health insurance policies covering maternity care in New York State.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires insurance to cover newborn car seats as mandatory maternity care, expanding health coverage access for new parents and infants.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Women's Health

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 3117: Provides additional protections at reproductive health clinics

Provides additional protections at reproductive health clinics; prohibits interference with phone lines, the release of offensive odors, and noises intended to jeopardize the health of persons receiving reproductive health services or to interfere with the safe and effective delivery of such services.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill protects reproductive health clinic operations from disruptions, ensuring safe patient access to healthcare services per its explicit protections.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 1943: Relates to providing copies of medical records to patients

This bill (A 1943) allows patients, parents of infants, legal guardians, or conservators to request written copies of medical records from doctors or hospitals. Providers must give the first copy for free, and additional paper copies may be charged up to $0.75 per page (or $0.20 per page for a second copy, capped at $100 total). It prohibits denying access due to inability to pay, requires electronic copies for government benefit applications without charge, and bans sharing infant venereal disease or abortion treatment records with parents/guardians. The law applies directly to healthcare providers and patients seeking their own health information.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates free initial medical record copies for patients, prohibits denial due to payment inability, and ensures electronic access for benefits - directly improving patient access to healthcare records.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 1011: Requires hospitals which offer medical residency training to provide certain obstetric-gynecology training

Provides that hospitals which offer medical residency training in obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, women's health and osteopathy shall provide training which follows the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association special requirements for obstetrics-gynecology; provides for experience with induced abortions and complications thereto except where residency program has a religious, moral or legal restriction which prohibits residents from performing abortions within the institution.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates OB-GYN residency training including abortion care access (where not restricted), strengthening provider capabilities for women's health services.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 304: Requires pharmacies to stock emergency contraception

Bill A-304 requires all pharmacies to maintain emergency contraception in stock. It directly affects pharmacies and patients seeking emergency contraception, ensuring immediate access without requiring a prescription. The bill defines "emergency contraception" as FDA-approved over-the-counter drugs used to prevent pregnancy after intercourse, dispensed per professional standards. Pharmacies must keep these specific medications available, with the law taking effect 60 days after enactment.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates pharmacies to stock emergency contraception, improving patient access to reproductive health services without prescription requirements, directly advancing healthcare access.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 7448: Requires health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression within the first six weeks of a person giving birth

Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression, unless refused by the birth mother, within the first six weeks of birth and that such screening be covered by insurance.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates maternal depression screening coverage, expanding mental health access and insurance support for postpartum care, directly advancing patient access to mental health services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 1283: Prohibits virginity examinations

Prohibits health care practitioners from performing a virginity examination or supervising the performance of a virginity examination on a patient; defines "virginity examination".

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareProhibits non-consensual virginity exams, protecting patient rights and bodily autonomy in healthcare settings.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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passed · New York · Senate May 14, 2026

S 7713: Restricts the use of automatic license plate reader information

Prohibits automatic license plate reader users from selling, sharing, allowing access to, or transferring automatic license plate reader information to any state or local jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obtain reproductive health care services or any lawful health care services.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeRestricts law enforcement data use to protect reproductive health care access, aligning with civil rights protections in criminal justice reform.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill prohibits using license plate data to enforce laws restricting reproductive healthcare access, directly protecting patient rights in healthcare services.95% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRestricts sharing of ALPR data to prevent misuse in health care enforcement, directly strengthening data privacy protections under technology policy.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health Consumer Data Protection

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passed both · New York · Senate Jun 5, 2026

S 2667: Prohibits the use of restraints on incarcerated individuals during labor, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant persons during a custodial interrogation

Prohibits the use of restraints on and the use of force against incarcerated individuals during labor and incarcerated individuals who have experienced different pregnancy outcomes, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant and post-pregnancy persons during a custodial interrogation; provides for certain exceptions for restraints to be used and in such case limits the use to wrist restraints.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProhibits restraints on vulnerable incarcerated populations during labor and interrogation, aligning with civil rights protections and criminal justice reform principles.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareProhibits restraints during labor/pregnancy, protecting health safety of incarcerated individuals during critical health events, aligning with patient rights protection.80% confidence

Sub-Topics Corrections Human Trafficking Policing Women's Health

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 3173: Relates to clarifying which entities handle the reporting of pregnancy loss

Relates to clarifying which entities handle the reporting of pregnancy loss; the responsibilities of health care providers and penalties for not protecting the identities of individuals who suffered a pregnancy loss.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates healthcare providers to protect patient identities in pregnancy loss reporting, safeguarding patient privacy rights within healthcare services.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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