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Assembly Bill A10943

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires insurers to deposit certain funds into the reproductive health care access fund; and establishes the reproductive health care access fund

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2025-A10943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9815
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3246, Ins L; add §99-uu, St Fin L; amd §2599-bb-1, Pub Health L

2025-A10943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance companies to deposit a certain percentage of premiums collected but not paid out in prior years for abortion care to the reproductive health care access fund for use for grants under the reproductive freedom and equity grant program; establishes the reproductive health care access fund; relates to the use of funds under the reproductive freedom and equity grant program; directs the governor to provide for funding in the state budget.

2025-A10943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10943
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring insurers  to
   deposit  certain  funds into the reproductive health care access fund;
   to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the repro-
   ductive health care access fund; and to amend the public  health  law,
   in  relation  to  the  use of funds under the reproductive freedom and
   equity grant program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3246
 to read as follows:
   § 3246. SEGREGATED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE FUNDS. (A) AS USED IN THIS
 SECTION, "COVERED ENTITY" MEANS:
   (1) INSURERS AND NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLANS THAT PROVIDE HOSPITAL,
 MEDICAL, OR SURGICAL BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS ON AN EXPENSE-IN-
 CURRED BASIS UNDER HEALTH  INSURANCE  POLICIES  OR  CONTRACTS  THAT  ARE
 ISSUED OR DELIVERED IN THE STATE; AND
   (2)  HEALTH  MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOSPITAL, MEDICAL,
 OR SURGICAL BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS UNDER CONTRACTS  THAT  ARE
 ISSUED OR DELIVERED IN THE STATE.
   (B)  ANY  PREMIUM  FUNDS  COLLECTED  BY  A COVERED ENTITY FOR COVERAGE
 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1303(B)(1)(B)(I) OF THE FEDERAL PATIENT  PROTECTION
 AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1303(B)(2)(B) AND (C)
 OF THE FEDERAL PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SHALL BE USED:
   (1) TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE CLINICAL SERVICES
 FOR  INSUREDS OR ENROLLEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THREE THOUSAND TWO
 HUNDRED SIXTEEN OR THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE
 OR WITH SECTION FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
   (2) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) IF AFTER THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWING THE END OF A PLAN  YEAR
 THE AMOUNT OF THE ENDING BALANCE OF A SEGREGATED ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED FOR
 COVERAGE OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE CLINICAL SERVICES EXCEEDS DISBURSE-
 MENTS,  NINETY  PERCENT  OF  THE ENDING BALANCE SHALL BE USED TO SUPPORT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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