---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting certain provisions in insurance contracts"
description: "Prohibits certain provisions in health plan contracts including most-favored-nation provisions and restrictions on disclosure of actual claim costs, prices or quality in certain situations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7199"
citation: "New York S 7199 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-06-07"
last_action: "2022-12-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d2a6ff5-0f02-489e-abf9-9ce507fd3305"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7199"
source_hash: "7eddde610b45fa0b69a72565db3ec851b49c31d8e929087d6d41bff10de0f4cc"
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 7199 (2021-2022) — Relates to prohibiting certain provisions in insurance contracts

Prohibits certain provisions in health plan contracts including most-favored-nation provisions and restrictions on disclosure of actual claim costs, prices or quality in certain situations.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7199&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S7199A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7199A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–3** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **18–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **50–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- CLEARE — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** PRINT NUMBER 7199A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1649
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8169A
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.544
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-09** SIGNED CHAP.665 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-09** APPROVAL MEMO.36

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d2a6ff5-0f02-489e-abf9-9ce507fd3305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).