---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery"
description: "Requires insurers to provide coverage for tattooing of the nipple-areolar complex pursuant to or as part of breast reconstruction surgery if such tattooing is performed by a physician or other health care practitioner working within their scope of practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5729"
citation: "New York A 5729 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2024-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9df7d65-a7d1-41cf-8014-bf79e2fe5c82"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5729"
source_hash: "b46268fa579ef13f2080b48adcfdc977f102090f76718685fd2fee06b69c84e6"
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 5729 (2023-2024) — Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery

Requires insurers to provide coverage for tattooing of the nipple-areolar complex pursuant to or as part of breast reconstruction surgery if such tattooing is performed by a physician or other health care practitioner working within their scope of practice.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5729&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A5729A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5729A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 5729A `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.454
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.454
- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.162
- **2024-03-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-14** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6146A
- **2024-05-29** 3RD READING CAL.880
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-08-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-26** SIGNED CHAP.228 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9df7d65-a7d1-41cf-8014-bf79e2fe5c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).