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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies"
+description: "Relates to provisions for wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies; provides that a \"wellness program\" shall not include limited benefits health insurance; authorizes an insurer to contract with a third party for purposes of administering or operating a wellness program on such insurer's behalf."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 8504"
+citation: "New York A 8504 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Demond Meeks"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-04"
+last_action: "2024-01-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c27df9df-91e3-487f-ae08-e475e34a6017"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8504"
+source_hash: "d19879f392a8fbd315fd319c3ecc1c287b7034c6d4221d63f86b916bcaedb3d0"
+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 8504 (2023-2024) — Relates to wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies
+
+Relates to provisions for wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies; provides that a "wellness program" shall not include limited benefits health insurance; authorizes an insurer to contract with a third party for purposes of administering or operating a wellness program on such insurer's behalf.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8504&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Demond Meeks — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-04** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-08** REPORTED
+- **2024-01-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.216
+- **2024-01-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-01-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-01-16** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8019
+- **2024-01-23** 3RD READING CAL.26
+- **2024-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-01-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-01-26** SIGNED CHAP.3 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c27df9df-91e3-487f-ae08-e475e34a6017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+