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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-8604.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to increasing certain access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid"
+description: "Provides that coverage and access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid shall not be limited based upon the age of the pregnant patient."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 8604"
+citation: "New York A 8604 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["FORREST"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-10"
+last_action: "2022-11-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c56fa7bf-14f0-4e54-a0bb-907fdb7c9539"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8604"
+source_hash: "e48b9264a0f3d9b97d429e57c77c8147d70b6c75ebeab100722f81416f7c37f7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 8604 (2021-2022) — Relates to increasing certain access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid
+
+Provides that coverage and access to non-invasive prenatal testing under medicaid shall not be limited based upon the age of the pregnant patient.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8604&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- FORREST — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-16** REPORTED
+- **2022-05-16** RULES REPORT CAL.208
+- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.208
+- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8157
+- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1774
+- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-11-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-11-23** SIGNED CHAP.650 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-11-23** APPROVAL MEMO.32
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c56fa7bf-14f0-4e54-a0bb-907fdb7c9539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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