---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to coverage for prenatal vitamins"
description: "Requires certain health and casualty insurers to provide coverage for prenatal vitamins."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 3865"
citation: "New York A 3865 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aileen Gunther"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2024-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f8a2ab2-690d-4f00-900b-df52ac99de23"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A3865"
source_hash: "74f8dd374bcc4400201e46c8c0f7e2e17e3625e1dc0bfcef0446365d10de305b"
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 3865 (2023-2024) — Relates to coverage for prenatal vitamins

Requires certain health and casualty insurers to provide coverage for prenatal vitamins.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3865** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3865&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A3865A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A3865A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aileen Gunther — primary (person)
- Alec Brook-Krasny — cosponsor (person)
- Brian F. Curran — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Flood — cosponsor (person)
- Erik Dilan — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** PRINT NUMBER 3865A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.225
- **2024-01-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-22** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1965A
- **2024-05-20** 3RD READING CAL.1103
- **2024-05-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-01** SIGNED CHAP.421 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-01** APPROVAL MEMO.7

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f8a2ab2-690d-4f00-900b-df52ac99de23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).