Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S8334

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to insurance reimbursement for vaccination for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

Votes

2025-S8334 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8824
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

2025-S8334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires insurance reimbursement for vaccination for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

2025-S8334 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8334
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance  law  and the social services law, in
   relation to insurance reimbursement for vaccination for  severe  acute
   respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clause  (iii)  of  subparagraph  (B)  of  paragraph  17  of
 subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chap-
 ter 219 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
 consultation with the commissioner of health,  consisting  of  at  least
 adequate  dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, SEVERE ACUTE
 RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2, tetanus,  polio,  measles,  rubella,
 mumps,  haemophilus  influenzae  type  b and hepatitis b, which meet the
 standards approved by the United States public health service  for  such
 biological products.
   § 2. Clause (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 8 of subsection (l)
 of  section  3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii) necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent  in
 consultation  with  the  commissioner  of health, consisting of at least
 adequate dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, SEVERE  ACUTE
 RESPIRATORY  SYNDROME  CORONAVIRUS  2, tetanus, polio, measles, rubella,
 mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis  b,  which  meet  the
 standards  approved  by the United States public health service for such
 biological products.
   § 3. Subparagraph (C) of paragraph 2 of subsection (j) of section 4303
 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13303-01-5
 S. 8334                             2

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.