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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

S06441 Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives.

Direction

Abortion funding insuranceAI label

Expands abortion access model confidence 80%

Expands insurance coverage for contraceptives (including over-the-counter and emergency contraception), related education, counseling, follow-up services, and pharmacist reimbursement for dispensing self-administered hormonal contraceptives without cost-sharing.

This coverage shall provide for reimbursement to a pharmacist who dispenses self-administered hormonal contraceptives pursuant to section sixty-eight hundred one of the education law and provides related services the same as any other health care provider.

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Abortion medication abortionAI label

Expands abortion access model confidence 60%

Expands access to emergency contraception (a form of medication abortion in some contexts) by requiring coverage without cost-sharing when provided by prescription, order, or over-the-counter, and allowing up to twelve months' dispensing at once.

This coverage shall include emergency contraception without cost sharing when provided pursuant to a prescription, or order under section sixty-eight hundred thirty-one of the education law or when lawfully provided over-the-counter.

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  5. Governor
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Status: Vetoed

Last action
2025-10-16: VETOED MEMO.50
Filed
2025-03-13
Sponsor
James Skoufis D + 9 cosponsors (9 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends insurance law to mandate coverage for FDA-approved contraceptives (including OTC), emergency contraception, sterilization, education/counseling, follow-up services, 12-month dispensing, and specifically adds pharmacist reimbursement for dispensing self-administered hormonal contraceptives and related services at parity with other providers; these provisions expand insurance funding and access for contraceptive services (including those overlapping with abortion topics) but do not address gestational limits, personhood, travel shields, or other listed topics.

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Hearings and calendar

Votes

DateChamberMotionYea-Nay
2025-05-28SSenate Insurance Committee Vote11-0Passed
2025-06-12SSenate Floor Vote - Final Passage53-6Passed
2025-06-16AAssembly Floor Vote - Final Passage139-5Passed

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History (14 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-10-16SVETOED MEMO.50
2025-10-09SDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
2025-06-16Areturned to senate
2025-06-16Apassed assembly
2025-06-16Aordered to third reading rules cal.799
2025-06-16Asubstituted for a6917a
2025-06-12Areferred to insurance
2025-06-12SDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-06-12SPASSED SENATE
2025-06-05SAMENDED ON THIRD READING 6441A
2025-06-04SADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-05-29S2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-05-28S1ST REPORT CAL.1450
2025-03-13SREFERRED TO INSURANCE