---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection"
description: "Requires certain providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection in accordance with the American cancer society guidelines; requires the insurance carriers to notify enrollees of such coverage and screening guidelines via mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2085"
citation: "New York A 2085 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54230282-0189-4643-86c3-decbf1c63599"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2085"
source_hash: "353a999bfacaab1dc360a92ccf691e761102368363a665cc62c8f8eabc2237d6"
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 2085 (2021-2022) — Requires providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection

Requires certain providers of health care policies to provide coverage for colorectal cancer early detection in accordance with the American cancer society guidelines; requires the insurance carriers to notify enrollees of such coverage and screening guidelines via mail.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2085&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A2085A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2085A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **138–5** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BRABENEC — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- CYMBROWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA J — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SEPTIMO — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 2085A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** REPORTED
- **2021-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.656
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.656
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN SENATE
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.92
- **2022-03-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-09** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S906B
- **2022-05-24** 3RD READING CAL.1489
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.739 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.56

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54230282-0189-4643-86c3-decbf1c63599`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).