NY-A6596-2026
New York · A 6596 · 2025–2026
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.
Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
- Bill key
- NY-A6596-2026
- State
- New York
- Session
- 2025–2026
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- introduced
- Citation (Bluebook)
- Assemb. 6596, 2025–2026 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2025), https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6596.
- Short citation
- N.Y. Assemb. 6596.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professiona…
Curator notes
failed at sine die 2026-06-05;
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Rosenthal | Democratic | Representative | HD-067 | Primary sponsor |
27 co-sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina Cruz | Democratic | Representative | HD-039 | Co-sponsor |
| Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas | Democratic | Representative | HD-034 | Co-sponsor |
| Rebecca Seawright | Democratic | Representative | HD-076 | Co-sponsor |
| Jennifer Lunsford | Democratic | Representative | HD-135 | Co-sponsor |
| Maritza Davila | Democratic | Representative | HD-053 | Co-sponsor |
| Tony Simone | Democratic | Representative | HD-075 | Co-sponsor |
| Harvey Epstein | Democratic | Representative | HD-074 | Co-sponsor |
| Karines Reyes | Democratic | Representative | HD-087 | Co-sponsor |
| Gabriella Romero | Democratic | Representative | HD-109 | Co-sponsor |
| Patrick Carroll | Democratic | Representative | HD-096 | Co-sponsor |
| Demond Meeks | Democratic | Representative | HD-137 | Co-sponsor |
| Anna Kelles | Democratic | Representative | HD-125 | Co-sponsor |
| Dana Levenberg | Democratic | Representative | HD-095 | Co-sponsor |
| Andrew Hevesi | Democratic | Representative | HD-028 | Co-sponsor |
| Maryjane Shimsky | Democratic | Representative | HD-092 | Co-sponsor |
| Alex Bores | Democratic | Representative | HD-073 | Co-sponsor |
| Jo Simon | Democratic | Representative | HD-052 | Co-sponsor |
| Grace Lee | Democratic | Representative | HD-065 | Co-sponsor |
| Diana Moreno | Democratic | Representative | HD-036 | Co-sponsor |
| Jordan Wright | Democratic | Representative | HD-070 | Co-sponsor |
| Emily Gallagher | Democratic | Representative | HD-050 | Co-sponsor |
| Deborah Glick | Democratic | Representative | HD-066 | Co-sponsor |
| Sarahana Shrestha | Democratic | Representative | HD-103 | Co-sponsor |
| Harry Bronson | Democratic | Representative | HD-138 | Co-sponsor |
| Didi Barrett | Democratic | Representative | HD-106 | Co-sponsor |
| Brian Cunningham | Democratic | Representative | HD-043 | Co-sponsor |
| Steven Otis | Democratic | Representative | HD-091 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (2,661 characters)
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