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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery"
+description: "Requires insurers to provide coverage for tattooing of the nipple-areolar complex pursuant to or as part of breast reconstruction surgery if such tattooing is performed by a physician or other health care practitioner working within their scope of practice."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 5729"
+citation: "New York A 5729 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-23"
+last_action: "2024-08-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9df7d65-a7d1-41cf-8014-bf79e2fe5c82"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5729"
+source_hash: "b46268fa579ef13f2080b48adcfdc977f102090f76718685fd2fee06b69c84e6"
+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 5729 (2023-2024) — Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery
+
+Requires insurers to provide coverage for tattooing of the nipple-areolar complex pursuant to or as part of breast reconstruction surgery if such tattooing is performed by a physician or other health care practitioner working within their scope of practice.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5729&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A5729A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5729A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
+- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
+- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 5729A `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
+- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.454
+- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.454
+- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
+- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.162
+- **2024-03-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-03-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-03-14** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6146A
+- **2024-05-29** 3RD READING CAL.880
+- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-08-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-08-26** SIGNED CHAP.228 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9df7d65-a7d1-41cf-8014-bf79e2fe5c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+