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A 928: Provides funding for abortion services and travel-related expenses not covered by the military for active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses or dependents, who are New York state residents.
What A 928 does, verified January 13, 2026
The bill aims to provide funding for abortion services and travel-related expenses for New York state residents who are active duty members of the armed forces or their spouses or dependents. It specifically addresses residents who are stationed outside of the state or in a foreign country and cannot access abortion services due to lack of insurance or military coverage. The bill allows healthcare practitioners licensed under the Education Law to provide these services within their scope of practice. The funding will be available for surgical and pharmaceutical abortions, as well as necessary travel expenses. The bill will take effect 108 days after it becomes a law, and any necessary rules or regulations will be implemented immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 18, 2025 | amend (t) and recommit to health |
| Feb. 18, 2025 | print number 928a |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 336 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 928 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to expanding Medi- caid coverage to include abortion services and travel-related expenses uncovered by the military for certain New York state residents The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (nn) to read as follows: 3 (nn) abortion services, including surgical and pharmaceutical 4 abortions, and any necessary travel-related expenses incurred to receive 5 such services due to the recipient of such services being located within 6 another state or a foreign country where such services could not legally 7 be obtained, which are not covered by any other insurance or the armed 8 forces of the United States, when: 9 (i) such services are provided by a health care practitioner licensed, 10 certified, or authorized under title eight of the education law, acting 11 within the health care practitioner's lawful scope of practice; and 12 (ii) such services are provided to a resident of the state who is an 13 active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or who is a 14 spouse or dependent of such member. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 16 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 17 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 18 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 19 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00701-01-5
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