A 9405: Authorizes the Marketplace to award grants to entities to serve as navigators that can help individuals apply for health insurance.
The proposed legislation aims to improve healthcare accessibility in New York State. It establishes a program to award grants to entities that serve as navigators in the marketplace, providing assistance to eligible individuals and small employers. Additionally, the program will certify New York State-licensed producers to offer assistance to eligible individuals. The program will also provide community-based enrollment assistance. The grants will be awarded on an annual basis, with a focus on providers in the city of New York and counties with high rates of uninsured individuals. The program will be subject to appropriation, and the grants will be awarded to support providers in areas with higher uninsured rates. The program will take effect on January 1 following the date of enactment.
- What is the current status of A 9405?
- As of June 17, 2026, A 9405 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 health".
- Did A 9405 pass?
- Not yet. A 9405 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 9405, and where is it now?
- A 9405 was authored by Asm. Josh Jensen with 9 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Dec. 19, 2025 | referred to health |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9405 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the Marketplace awarding grants to entities to serve as navigators The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 268-c of the public health law, 2 as added by section 2 of part T of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 15. Operate a program under which the Marketplace awards grants to 5 entities to serve as navigators in accordance with applicable federal 6 law and regulations adopted thereunder, and/or a program under which the 7 Marketplace awards grants to entities to provide community based enroll- 8 ment assistance in accordance with requirements developed by the Market- 9 place; and/or a program under which the Marketplace certifies New York 10 state licensed producers to provide assistance to eligible individuals 11 and/or small employers pursuant to federal or state law. Subject to 12 appropriation, additional grants shall be awarded on an annual basis to 13 providers in the city of New York and counties where the rate of unin- 14 sured individuals below four hundred percent of the federal poverty 15 level is above the statewide average. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 17 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. LBD14133-01-5