Assembly BillIntroduced
A 7155: Provides for health insurance coverage for nutritional care provided through licensed nutritionists.
What A 7155 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the existing insurance law to include coverage for services provided by licensed nutritionists. Currently, insurance coverage for health services includes necessary appliances, drugs, medicines, and supplies, as well as bio-analytical or clinical laboratory examinations and reports. The new amendment will add nutritional care provided by licensed nutritionists to the list of covered services. The changes will take effect on January 1, 2026.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to insurance (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7155
- What is the current status of A 7155?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7155 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to insurance".
- Did A 7155 pass?
- Not yet. A 7155 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7155, and where is it now?
- A 7155 was authored by Asm. Vivian E. Cook. Its committee of record is Assembly Insurance.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to insurance |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | referred to insurance |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 21, 2025 · 218 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7155 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to health insurance coverage for services by nutritionists The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (J) and (K) of paragraph 1 of subsection (b) 2 of section 4301 of the insurance law, as relettered by chapter 456 of 3 the laws of 1993, are amended and a new subparagraph (L) is added to 4 read as follows: 5 (J) necessary appliances, drugs, medicines and supplies, [and] 6 (K) bio-analytical or clinical laboratory examinations and reports 7 thereof reported to a physician, osteopath, dentist, optometrist, podia- 8 trist, chiropractor or physical therapist made by any privately operated 9 bioanalytical or clinical laboratory[.], and 10 (L) nutritional care provided through licensed nutritionists. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 12 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07909-01-5
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