---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides Medicaid coverage for remote ultrasound scans and remote fetal non-stress tests"
description: "Provides Medicaid coverage for remote ultrasound scans and remote fetal non-stress tests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8168"
citation: "New York A 8168 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-18"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5482c53c-610c-43ca-92bd-3cba0c588018"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8168"
source_hash: "5e6a2872c3263539004613eb85e379c57017e6dff0a40ee88fb9555c4dc9edd5"
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 8168 (2023-2024) — Provides Medicaid coverage for remote ultrasound scans and remote fetal non-stress tests

Provides Medicaid coverage for remote ultrasound scans and remote fetal non-stress tests.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8168&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-18** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** REPORTED
- **2024-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.398
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.398
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7690
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.81
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.474 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5482c53c-610c-43ca-92bd-3cba0c588018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).