S8426 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Prevents discrimination by insurers based on an individual's mental health or substance use disorder; incorporates into law federal enforcement rules set forth in the federal mental health parity and addiction equity act of 2008.
- Title
- Prevents discrimination by insurers based on an individual's mental health or substance use disorder
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-06-04
- In committee
- Insurance
- Introduced
- 2025-06-10
- Active version
- S8426A
- Same as
- A8839
- Law section
- Insurance Law
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Cordell Cleare State Senator, District 30
- Jabari Brisport State Senator, District 25
Heard in committee
- Insurance NY State Assembly committee
- Insurance NY State Senate committee
- Rules NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A8839 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Insurance, 2026-05-18 First reading