New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S9275: Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities and insurers; relates to coverage for treatment for gender dysphoria
Status: In committee, June 5, 2026
Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance coverage for services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.
What the bill says
An act to amend the social services law and the public health law, in relation to requiring Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discriminatory practices by health care entities; and to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting discriminatory practices by insurers and to coverage for treatment for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.
From the amended text, April 22, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public health law, in relation to requiring Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discriminatory practices by health care entities; and to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting discriminatory practices by insurers and to coverage for treatment for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (oo) to read as follows: (OO) ALL MEDICALLY NECESSARY GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY FEDERAL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SUCH COVERAGE. § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 2510 of the public health law, as amended by section 1 of part DDD of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 7. "Covered health care services" means: the services of physicians, optometrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, midwives and other related professional personnel which are provided on an outpatient basis, including routine well-child visits; diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury; inpatient health care services; laboratory tests; diagnostic x-rays; prescription and non-prescription drugs, ostomy and other medical supplies and durable medical equipment; radiation therapy; chemotherapy; …