---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides information regarding medicare part B coverage to certain individuals"
description: "Provides information regarding termination of medicare part B coverage for the duration of incarceration to individuals committed to the department of corrections and community supervision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5396"
citation: "New York A 5396 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aileen Gunther"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/041bce6d-5dd4-4c7d-97c5-dc00ab0be101"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5396"
source_hash: "b244c156dde2ffa64926c474844d26d10683d8d81653807c7a553a1b982313eb"
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 5396 (2023-2024) — Provides information regarding medicare part B coverage to certain individuals

Provides information regarding termination of medicare part B coverage for the duration of incarceration to individuals committed to the department of corrections and community supervision.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5396&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aileen Gunther — primary (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** REPORTED
- **2023-03-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.95
- **2023-03-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-03-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-28** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.149
- **2024-03-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-11** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3175
- **2024-05-29** 3RD READING CAL.1269
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.463 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/041bce6d-5dd4-4c7d-97c5-dc00ab0be101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).