---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the preservation of hair during chemotherapy"
description: "Provides coverage for scalp cooling systems used to preserve hair during cancer chemotherapy treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2063"
citation: "New York S 2063 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toby Ann Stavisky"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be44cd20-3560-4fa9-9fd2-417029ec0e19"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2063"
source_hash: "082cd7d6cc20fb546c7265c628d9932ad176d1877a4074e8ee61725fa06a6867"
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 2063 (2023-2024) — Relates to the preservation of hair during chemotherapy

Provides coverage for scalp cooling systems used to preserve hair during cancer chemotherapy treatment.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2063** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2063&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S2063A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2063A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Insurance Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Toby Ann Stavisky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.877
- **2024-05-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-15** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 2063A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A38A
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.141
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.595 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.41

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be44cd20-3560-4fa9-9fd2-417029ec0e19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).