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S09584 Summary:

BILL NO	S09584
SAME AS	SAME AS A10190
SPONSOR	SEPULVEDA
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §368-g, Soc Serv L
Requires managed care providers and the medical assistance program shall cover prescription drugs approved by the federal food and drug administration for chronic weight management in adults with obesity with at least one weight-related condition.

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S09584 Actions:

BILL NO	S09584
05/16/2024	REFERRED TO HEALTH

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S09584 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9584
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to expanding access
          to  prescription  drugs approved by the FDA for chronic weight manage-
          ment
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
     2  368-g to read as follows:
     3    § 368-g. Chronic weight management  prescription  drug  accessibility.
     4  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to  the contrary, managed care
     5  providers and the medical assistance program  shall  cover  prescription
     6  drugs  approved  by the federal food and drug administration for chronic
     7  weight management in adults with obesity with at least one weight-relat-
     8  ed condition.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15451-01-4

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