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A 11656: Provides screening for Cytomegalovirus in persons who are pregnant.
What A 11656 does, verified August 16, 2026
<p> This bill amends the New York State Insurance Law to mandate that all health insurance policies providing hospital, surgical, medical, or major medical coverage must include benefits for screening pregnant persons for cytomegalovirus. The legislation requires these screenings to be covered under every relevant policy, regardless of whether the policy is issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended. The act is set to take effect on January 1, 2027, and will apply to all policies and contracts that are issued or renewed on or after that date. </p>
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Last action: referred to insurance (2026-07-29)Alert me
Quick answers about A 11656
- What is the current status of A 11656?
- As of August 16, 2026, A 11656 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on July 29, 2026, was "referred to insurance".
- Did A 11656 pass?
- Not yet. A 11656 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 11656, and where is it now?
- A 11656 was authored by Asm. Michael Reilly. Its committee of record is Assembly Insurance.
Author and sponsors
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| Jul. 29, 2026 | referred to insurance |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, July 29, 2026 · 281 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11656 IN ASSEMBLY July 29, 2026 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Reilly) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring certain health insurance policies to provide coverage to screen for cytomega- lovirus in pregnant persons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 42 to read as follows: 3 (42) Every policy which provides hospital, surgical, medical or major 4 medical coverage shall provide coverage to screen for cytomegalovirus in 5 pregnant persons. 6 § 2. Subsection (k) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by 7 adding a new paragraph 24 to read as follows: 8 (24) Every policy which provides hospital, surgical, medical or major 9 medical coverage shall provide coverage to screen for cytomegalovirus in 10 pregnant persons. 11 § 3. Section 4303 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new 12 subsection (yy) to read as follows: 13 (yy) Every policy which provides hospital, surgical, medical or major 14 medical coverage shall provide coverage to screen for cytomegalovirus in 15 pregnant persons. 16 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027 and shall apply to all 17 policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on 18 or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16125-01-6
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