A11235 • 2025

Relates to requiring insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older

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Sponsor: Rebecca Seawright
Last action: 2026-05-01
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to requiring insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older

Relates to requiring insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older Requires insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older.

What This Bill Does

Relates to requiring insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older Requires insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older.

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Bill History

2026-05-01 Assembly
REFERRED TO HEALTH

Official Summary Text

Relates to requiring insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older
Requires insurers participating in the NY state of health marketplace to offer at least one dental plan for individuals age 65 and older.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11235

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       May 1, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred 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