republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-5729.md

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Bill	Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery	Requires insurers to provide coverage for tattooing of the nipple-areolar complex pursuant to or as part of breast reconstruction surgery if such tattooing is performed by a physician or other health care practitioner working within their scope of practice.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2023-2024	A 5729	New York A 5729 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Amy Paulin	2	21	3	2023-03-23	2024-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c9df7d65-a7d1-41cf-8014-bf79e2fe5c82	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5729	b46268fa579ef13f2080b48adcfdc977f102090f76718685fd2fee06b69c84e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 5729 (2023-2024) — Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery

Requires insurers to provide coverage for tattooing of the nipple-areolar complex pursuant to or as part of breast reconstruction surgery if such tattooing is performed by a physician or other health care practitioner working within their scope of practice.

Version chain

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

1. A5729 (committee substitute) — source
2. A5729A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — 148–0 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 143–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Paulin — primary (person)
• Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
• Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
• David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
• David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
• Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
• Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
• Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
• Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-23 REFERRED TO INSURANCE referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2023-05-24 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 5729A amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-01 REPORTED
• 2023-06-01 RULES REPORT CAL.454
• 2023-06-01 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.454
• 2023-06-01 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2023-06-01 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2023-06-01 REFERRED TO INSURANCE referral-committee
• 2024-01-03 DIED IN SENATE
• 2024-01-03 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-01-03 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.162
• 2024-03-14 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2024-03-14 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2024-03-14 REFERRED TO INSURANCE referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 SUBSTITUTED FOR S6146A
• 2024-05-29 3RD READING CAL.880
• 2024-05-29 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2024-05-29 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-08-26 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2024-08-26 SIGNED CHAP.228 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9df7d65-a7d1-41cf-8014-bf79e2fe5c82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).