2026 Priorities

^{Electronic Health Records Privacy A.2613 Lunsford/S.1633 Fernandez   Passed the Senate!    
Electronic health records have become increasingly portable and interconnected, leading to patients’ entire medical records becoming available to all providers with access. This places patients who receive abortion and gender affirming care at risk, particularly those patients who receive this care in New York and travel back to a state that criminalizes such care. This legislation would require electronic health record companies to create the ability to segment electronic health records and suppress sensitive health information at a patient’s direction.} 

_{New York Health Information Privacy Act A.10357 Rosenthal/S.9269 Krueger} 

^{Health data tracking is happening all around us. Whether through apps like a period tracking app, or digital tools such as Fitbits or smartwatches, New Yorkers’ health information is being compiled and used by companies to boost profits rather than improving user health. This legislation would offer New Yorkers greater control over their health data and make it harder for such data to be used by hostile actors to pursue individuals for the delivery, assistance, or receipt of sexual reproductive health care in New York.}

^{Fund Practical Support for Abortion Patients A.2137 González-Rojas/S.135 Cleare  Passed the Senate! 
This bill would expand our state’s Reproductive Freedom + Equity program to fund practical support needs of patients seeking abortion who are facing barriers like the cost of transportation, lodging, meals, and childcare.} 

^{Enact Hospital Transparency A.10203 Rozic/S.8965 Hinchey}

^{As we witness access to abortion and gender-affirming care being eviscerated nationwide, it is critical that patients have the necessary tools to determine whether their local hospital provides the care they need and to lay the foundation to address health care deserts across the state. This bill would require the Department of Health to publish a list of excluded services from each general hospital on the Department website, and public reporting on how the denial of these services impacts patients’ access to care.} 

^{Protect Access to Medication Abortion​​ ​​​​​A.9217 Paulin / S.8544 Hinchey Passed Both Houses! 
Despite over two decades of documentation showing the safety and efficacy of mifepristone in managing pregnancy loss, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would conduct a new review that could jeopardize the drug’s approval or conditions of use. This legislation would protect access by clarifying that state law does not prohibit the prescribing and dispensing of mifepristone solely because the FDA changed its conditions of use.} 

^{Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Program A.6571 Rozic/S.5981 Fernandez  Passed the Senate!
This bill will would put into statute a commitment fully fund the state’s longstanding Family Planning Grant program with state dollars.} 

^{Provider Confidentiality on Medication Abortion Prescription Labels A.10428 Reyes/S.8656 Mayer Passed the Senate! 
Building on legislation that was enacted in 2025, this bill would expand protections for abortion providers and patients by allowing medication abortion to be dispensed without identifying information, including the patient’s name or address or the dispensing facility’s name or address, on the prescription label.}

^{Prescription Labeling Confidentiality for Gender-Affirming Care A.6927 Simone  
This legislation would create an important layer of protection for providers of gender-affirming care by allowing them to put their organizational practice name rather than the prescriber’s name on medication labels specific to the provision of this care.} 

^{Gender-Affirming Care Access Program A.8841 González-Rojas/S.7924 Gonzalez   
Legally protecting the provision of gender-affirming care is just the first step in making access to this care a reality. This bill would establish a grant program to fund providers and other organizations to support access to gender-affirming care.} 

^{Protecting Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care A.6596 Rosenthal / S.9275 Rivera  This bill would build on existing state protections for gender-affirming care by ensuring New York continues to provide Medicaid coverage regardless of federal threats or actions and would prohibit discrimination in private health insurance plans.}