S 5204 — Enacts the Health Care Nondiscrimination Act of 2025
Congress · introduced 2025-02-19
Enacts the Health Care Nondiscrimination Act; requires insurance coverage and health plans to implement equality and non-discrimination between licensed health care providers; requires fee parity between different classes of licensed providers providing the similar or like-kind services; requires practitioners to discuss and refer or prescribe non-pharmacological treatment alternatives before prescribing an opioid treatment; allows any licensed health care provider to perform certain services, including certifying disability and employment by school districts; provides for enforcement and penalties.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (—, NY-23) — sponsor · 2025-02-19
- Cordell Cleare (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2025-02-19
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — cosponsor · 2025-02-19
- Sam Sutton (—, NY-22) — cosponsor · 2025-02-19
Action timeline
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Text versions
Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | CHIROPRACTIC COUNCIL (NY) | lobbies_on_bill | — | ny_lobbying | |
| 2025-02-19 | Sam Sutton | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-19 | Pete Harckham | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-19 | Cordell Cleare | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-19 | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 5 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Lobbying
← Lobbies on bill 1 edge
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 3 edges
- Sam Sutton · cosponsor · 2025-02-19
- Pete Harckham · cosponsor · 2025-02-19
- Cordell Cleare · cosponsor · 2025-02-19
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton · sponsor · 2025-02-19
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (—, state_upper NY-23) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Sam Sutton (—, state_upper NY-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by CHIROPRACTIC COUNCIL (NY) · ny_lobbying
- 2025-02-19 · cosponsored by Cordell Cleare (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-19 · sponsored by Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-19 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-19 · cosponsored by Sam Sutton (cosponsor) · sponsorship