---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits requiring prior authorization for the provision of coverage of services in a neonatal intensive care unit"
description: "Prohibits requiring prior authorization for the provision of coverage for services provided in a neonatal intensive care unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6053"
citation: "New York S 6053 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HANNON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-10"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28b83354-570c-4aaf-bb5a-0acb2738dc1c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6053"
source_hash: "b720eee26e7178b2e8f450cd7af671eea77da646305c2df4c89f52ebf3ae4e05"
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 S 6053 (2017-2018) — Prohibits requiring prior authorization for the provision of coverage of services in a neonatal intensive care unit

Prohibits requiring prior authorization for the provision of coverage for services provided in a neonatal intensive care unit.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6053 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6053&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6053 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6053)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HANNON — primary (person)
- RITCHIE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-10** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1158
- **2017-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-06-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8051
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.310
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.389 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28b83354-570c-4aaf-bb5a-0acb2738dc1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).