New York Senate Bill S09584 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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