S 3404: Requires providers of insurance policies to maintain a database of health care providers offering foreign language services.
What S 3404 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires insurance providers to maintain a database of foreign language services available to their customers. This database must include the name, location, specialty, and languages spoken by doctors and other healthcare providers covered by their policies. The database must be accessible to every customer, client, or insured individual under the insurance provider's policies. The bill takes effect 120 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO INSURANCE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 3404
- What is the current status of S 3404?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 3404 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 S 3404 pass?
- Not yet. S 3404 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 3404, and where is it now?
- S 3404 was authored by Sen. Leroy Comrie. Its committee of record is Senate Insurance. It is filed under ISC, alongside 202 other New York ISC bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
| Jan. 27, 2025 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 27, 2025 · 299 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3404 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to maintaining a database of certain foreign language services as required by federal health care reform laws The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3102 of the insurance law is amended by adding a 2 new subsection (g) to read as follows: 3 (g) Foreign language services database requirement. The provider of 4 any insurance policy required under the United States Patient Protection 5 and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010)) and 6 the United States Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 7 (Pub. L. No. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010)) to provide foreign language 8 services shall maintain a database, available to every customer, client 9 or insured individual under such provider's policies. Such database 10 shall contain the name, location, specialty and languages spoken by 11 doctors, physicians and other health care providers covered by such 12 insurance provider's policies. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 14 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 15 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 16 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 17 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05201-01-5
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