---
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).