---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the department of financial services to review covered benefits related to childbirth"
description: "Directs the the department of financial services, in consultation with the department of health to prepare a report with recommendations on their review of covered benefits related to childbirth offered by all health insurance providers in New York state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4827"
citation: "New York S 4827 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SALAZAR"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad3371d0-02c5-4760-b1a7-f00b4a4f09e4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4827"
source_hash: "c036870779e402ac897e273ee1921caf7c26ff33cacd20312049e005a7f43326"
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 4827 (2021-2022) — Directs the department of financial services to review covered benefits related to childbirth

Directs the the department of financial services, in consultation with the department of health to prepare a report with recommendations on their review of covered benefits related to childbirth offered by all health insurance providers in New York state.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4827** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4827&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Women's Issues Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SALAZAR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.384
- **2021-02-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-02** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7315
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.370
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.787 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad3371d0-02c5-4760-b1a7-f00b4a4f09e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).