---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies"
description: "Relates to provisions for wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies; provides that a \"wellness program\" shall not include limited benefits health insurance; authorizes an insurer to contract with a third party for purposes of administering or operating a wellness program on such insurer's behalf."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8504"
citation: "New York A 8504 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Demond Meeks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-01-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c27df9df-91e3-487f-ae08-e475e34a6017"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8504"
source_hash: "d19879f392a8fbd315fd319c3ecc1c287b7034c6d4221d63f86b916bcaedb3d0"
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 8504 (2023-2024) — Relates to wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies

Relates to provisions for wellness programs under life and accident and health insurance policies; provides that a "wellness program" shall not include limited benefits health insurance; authorizes an insurer to contract with a third party for purposes of administering or operating a wellness program on such insurer's behalf.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8504&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Demond Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** REPORTED
- **2024-01-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.216
- **2024-01-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-16** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8019
- **2024-01-23** 3RD READING CAL.26
- **2024-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-01-26** SIGNED CHAP.3 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c27df9df-91e3-487f-ae08-e475e34a6017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).