· NY legislature · 2025-2026

Establishes mandatory minimum medicaid coverage for hospital confinement for childbirth

Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who…

Sponsor

Vivian Cook (D-NY)

Introduced

2025-04-04

Policy area

Health

Latest action

REFERRED TO HEALTH