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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "A 5729"
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citation: "New York A 5729 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-03-23"
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last_action: "2024-08-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9df7d65-a7d1-41cf-8014-bf79e2fe5c82"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5729"
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source_hash: "b46268fa579ef13f2080b48adcfdc977f102090f76718685fd2fee06b69c84e6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 5729 (2023-2024) — Requires certain insurers to provide coverage for tattooing performed by a physician as part of breast reconstruction surgery
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A5729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5729&term=2023&Text=Y)
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2. **A5729A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5729A)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **148–0** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amy Paulin — primary (person)
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- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
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- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
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- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
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- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
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- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 5729A `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
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- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.454
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- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.454
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- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
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- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.162
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- **2024-03-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2024-03-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2024-03-14** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6146A
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- **2024-05-29** 3RD READING CAL.880
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- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2024-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2024-08-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-08-26** SIGNED CHAP.228 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9df7d65-a7d1-41cf-8014-bf79e2fe5c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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