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Limited Scope Licensure — high-priority legislation; active lobbying underway.

Where things stand

Bills active; lobbying and grassroots advocacy underway

Bills are active with aligned language and primary sponsors; efforts are underway to secure co-sponsors. Lobbying will continue in the coming weeks. Grassroots advocacy will follow. We're also monitoring developments related to the credit card payment law enacted last fall.

Bills we're tracking (17)

Updated daily · data by LegiScan

  • A2685

    A2685 — Limited-scope radiography in urgent care

    Introduced · 2026-01-12Read the bill
  • S684

    S684 — Limited-scope radiography in urgent care

    Introduced · 2026-01-08Read the bill

  • GBL-519A — Credit-card surcharge law

    Monitoring implementation
  • S10439

    Authorizes radiologic technologists to perform radiography services under collaborative practice agreements; defines "collaborative practice agreement" as an agreement between a radiologic technologist and a licensed physician which does not require the direct supervision of the licensed physician w

    Tracked · 2026-05-15Read the bill
  • A11494

    Authorizes radiologic technologists to perform radiography services under collaborative practice agreements; defines "collaborative practice agreement" as an agreement between a radiologic technologist and a licensed physician which does not require the direct supervision of the licensed physician w

    Tracked · 2026-05-28Read the bill
  • A10007

    Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; extends provisions requiring the quarterly assessment of known and projected department of health state fund Medicaid expenditures (Part A); extends

    Tracked · 2026-05-28Read the bill
  • S09007

    Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; extends provisions requiring the quarterly assessment of known and projected department of health state fund Medicaid expenditures (Part A); extends

    Tracked · 2026-05-27Read the bill
  • S03007

    Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; requires the commissioner of health to provide a quarterly report on known and expected department of health state funds Medicaid expenditures throug

    Tracked · 2025-05-09Read the bill
  • A03007

    Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; requires the commissioner of health to provide a quarterly report on known and expected department of health state funds Medicaid expenditures throug

    Tracked · 2025-05-07Read the bill
  • S09005

    Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; extends the recruitment incentive and retention program for certain active members of the New York army national guard, New York air n

    Tracked · 2026-05-27Read the bill
  • J01137

    Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 2-8, 2025, as Radiologic Technologist Week in the State of New York

    Tracked · 2025-06-05Read the bill
  • J02307

    Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 8-14, 2026, as Radiologic Technologist Week in the State of New York

    Tracked · 2026-06-04Read the bill
  • A10005

    Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; extends the recruitment incentive and retention program for certain active members of the New York army national guard, New York air n

    Tracked · 2026-05-21Read the bill
  • A08968

    Provides for the licensure of dietitians and nutritionists; defines the practice thereof.

    Tracked · 2026-05-29Read the bill
  • S00607

    Provides for the licensure of dietitians and nutritionists; defines the practice thereof.

    Tracked · 2026-06-01Read the bill
  • S00352

    Relates to the use of fluoroscopy by physician assistants.

    Tracked · 2026-01-07Read the bill
  • A09148

    Relates to the use of fluoroscopy by physician assistants.

    Tracked · 2026-01-07Read the bill

In the news

New York lawmakers OK bill removing medical debt from credit reports

Hospitals and other health care providers in New York would be banned from reporting medical debt to credit agencies under a bill passed by the state's legislature, intended to limit the damage that illness and injury can do to someone's financial health. If signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the law would make New York the second state, after Colorado, to prohibit medical debt from being collected by credit reporting agencies or included in a credit report. (By Maysoon Khan, AP, June 21, 2023)

Progress on EO 202.61

The NERUCA Government Affairs Committee announced that its efforts regarding New York State Executive Order 202.61 resulted in an easing of the order's time constraint for reporting of COVID-19 and Influenza test results. Executive Order 202.72, issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo, pushed the requirement to report results to NYS-DOH back from 3 hours to 24 hours. Though in agreement with the basic principles, NERUCA and the Government Affairs Committee continue to work with partners across the state's health care community.

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