New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S8807: Relates to procedures for protections of legally protected health activities
Status: Signed into law, June 5, 2026
Specifies that professional liability insurance insurers cannot deny coverage or increase rates solely based on legal use or prescription of certain gender-affirming care-related drugs; prescribes procedures for warrants issued in other jurisdictions for electronic data related to legally protected health activities; provides for additional procedural methods for protection of legally protected health activities.
What the bill says
An act to amend the insurance law and the general business law, in relation to procedures for protections of legally protected health activities.
From the introduced text, January 8, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the general business law, in relation to procedures for protections of legally protected health activities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 3436-a of the insurance law, subsection (b) as added and subsection (c) as amended by section 4 of part LL of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows: (b) Every insurer that issues or renews medical malpractice OR PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY insurance covering a health care provider licensed to practice in this state shall be prohibited from refusing to issue or renew, canceling, or charging or imposing an increased premium or rate for, or excluding, limiting, restricting, or reducing coverage under a medical malpractice OR PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY insurance policy based solely upon the legal use or prescription in this state of any drug prescribed for the purpose of an abortion, including both generic and brand name drugs, that has not been approved by the food and drug administration for abortion, provided, however, that such drug shall be a recognized medication for abortion in one of the following established reference (2) The WHO Abortion Care Guidance; or (3) The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Consensus Study …
Sponsors
- Liz Krueger (D, 28) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : SIGNED CHAP.128
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- : RETURNED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.69
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR A9501
- : REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
- : DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.34
Votes
- FLOOR Vote (January 21, 2026): 35 yea, 21 nay, passed
- Senate Rules Committee: COMMITTEE Vote (January 12, 2026): 13 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Rules Committee Vote (January 12, 2026): 13 yea, 7 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (January 12, 2026): 36 yea, 23 nay, passed
Subjects: Insurance Law
Common questions
- What is S8807?
- S8807 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to procedures for protections of legally protected health activities.
- What does S8807 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the insurance law and the general business law, in relation to procedures for protections of legally protected health activities.
- What is the status of S8807?
- Signed into law as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: SIGNED CHAP.128 (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S8807?
- Liz Krueger (D, 28).
- Where is the official record for S8807?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8807
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