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S 7594: Requires insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older.
What S 7594 does, verified May 13, 2026
The bill aims to require health insurance companies participating in the NY State of Health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals aged 65 and older. The dental plan must be a qualified dental plan approved for sale by the state's financial services department. Insurers can offer additional dental benefit levels, but they must include at least one qualified dental plan in each of the silver and gold levels required by state law. This requirement will take effect on January 1st, following the bill's enactment.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO HEALTH (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7594
- What is the current status of S 7594?
- As of May 13, 2026, S 7594 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 S 7594 pass?
- Not yet. S 7594 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7594, and where is it now?
- S 7594 was authored by Sen. Cordell Cleare with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
| Apr. 23, 2025 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 23, 2025 · 283 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7594 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of 2 section 268-d of the public health law, as added by section 2 of part T 3 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4 (ii) offers at least one qualified health plan and/or other or addi- 5 tional health plans authorized for sale by the department of financial 6 services or the department in each of the silver and gold levels as 7 required by state law and offers at least one qualified dental plan or 8 dental plan approved for sale by the department of financial services 9 and/or the department for individuals age sixty-five and older, 10 provided, however, that the Marketplace may require additional benefit 11 levels to be offered by all insurers participating in the Marketplace; 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 13 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. LBD11752-01-5
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