State legislative activity 2023
Updated June 1
To date, 336 bills have passed both houses of the legislature and 135 were signed into law during the 2023 state legislative session. Below includes a list of bills of interest to HANYS and our members.
For questions on legislation below or any other legislative issues, please contact Scott Janke, director. governmental affairs.
| Bill or Chapter | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| June | ||
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A.6029 (Paulin)/S.2339 (Rivera) |
School-based health centers – would permanently carve school-based health centers out of Medicaid managed care. |
Passed both houses: 6.1.23 |
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A.782 (Peoples-Stokes)/S.1451 (Sanders) |
Collaborative models for health care disparities – would authorize additional hospital-home care-physician collaborative initiatives to include programs that address healthcare access and treatment which contribute to health disparities. |
Passed both houses: 6.1.23 |
| May | ||
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A.5653-B (Reyes)/S.608-C (Salazar) |
Price gouging of medicine – would place a drug shortage under the definition of an abnormal disruption of the market under General Business Law. This would grant authority to the attorney general to use necessary tools to respond to the price gouging of medication when there is a drug shortage. |
Passed both houses: 5.16.23 |
|
Chapter 134 of the Laws of 2023 |
Nurse simulation training – allows registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse practitioners to satisfy one-third of their required clinical hours using clinical simulation experience. |
Signed into law: 5.15.23 |
|
Chapter 128 of the Laws of 2023 |
Dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives – allows a physician to prescribe and order non-patient specific orders to a pharmacist for the dispensing of self-administered contraceptives. |
Signed into law: 5.2.23 |
| April | ||
| N/A | ||
| March | ||
|
Chapter 112 of the Laws of 2023 |
Medical Indemnity Fund enhanced rate – a chapter amendment to Chapter 807 of the Laws of 2022, extending the enhanced MIF reimbursement rate to Dec. 31, 2025. |
Signed into law: 3.24.23 |
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Chapter 95 of the Laws of 2023 |
Prohibition on certain health plan contract provisions – a chapter amendment to Chapter 665 of the Laws of 2022, often referred to as the “HEAL Act”, removing harmful contract prohibitions and pushing the effective date from Jan. 1, 2023, to Jul. 1, 2023. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
|
Chapter 101 of the Laws of 2023 |
Legal protections for abortion providers – a chapter amendment to Chapter 219 of the Laws of 2022, clarifying and expanding legal protections against the arrest and extradition of abortion service providers. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
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Chapter 100 of the Laws of 2023 |
Notification of changes to the model contract with Medicaid managed care providers – a chapter amendment to Chapter 822 of the Laws of 2022, requiring the commissioner of health to post any changes of terms, conditions or time frames contained in the model contract on the Department of Health website. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
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Chapter 78 of the Laws of 2023 |
Colorectal cancer screenings – a chapter amendment to Chapter 739 of the Laws of 2022, requiring large group health policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer preventative screenings in accordance with American Cancer Society guidelines. DFS will require insurers to notify insureds at least annually of colorectal cancer screenings covered by such insureds’ health insurance policy. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
|
Chapter 66 of the Laws of 2023 |
Support of living organ donation – a chapter amendment to Chapter 814 of the Laws of 2022, expanding the definition of living donor to cover all individuals who incur expenses in an effort to make a living donation, but who never actually become a living donor through no fault of their own. Through a state funded program, any living donation expense incurred by an individual that is not covered by health insurance will be reimbursed for such expense through the program. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
|
Chapter 63 of the Laws of 2023 |
Prescription price transparency – a chapter amendment to Chapter 826 of the Laws of 2022, providing patient prescription pricing transparency. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
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Chapter 20 of the Laws of 2023 |
Infection control and updates in residential health facilities – a chapter amendment to Chapter 662 of the Laws of 2022, requiring residential health facilities to update residents and authorized family members, upon a resident becoming infected, on the number of infections and deaths within the facility no later than 5 p.m. the next calendar day. Additional update requirements are to be made on specific resident condition to their resident representative/family member if the resident becomes infected. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
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Chapter 81 of the Laws of 2023 |
Required training for home health and nurses’ aids – a chapter amendment to Chapter 737 of the Laws of 2022, requiring home health aides and nurses’ aides to receive training in working with patients of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
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Chapter 27 of the Laws of 2023 |
Restrictions on nurses for consecutive hours worked – a chapter amendment to Chapter 815 of the Laws of 2022, which relates to placing restrictions on consecutive hours worked for nurses. |
Signed into law: 3.3.23 |
| February | ||
| N/A | ||
| January | ||
| N/A | ||
