New York A 3789: Relates to granting status of combat veteran to veterans who served in the armed forces during operation restore hope in Somalia for the purposes of obtaining certain benefits

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A03789 Summary:

BILL NOA03789 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09651

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SPONSORWeprin

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COSPNSRWoerner, Taylor, Santabarbara, Colton, Lupardo, Stirpe, Epstein, Paulin, Seawright, Simon, Lavine,
 Steck, Tannousis, Rosenthal, Meeks, Davila, Williams, Lunsford, Bores, Pirozzolo, Kelles, Carroll
 R, Simpson, Bendett, Reyes, Angelino, Sayegh, Levenberg, Ramos, DiPietro, Gallahan, Raga, Hevesi,
 Clark, Shrestha, Cunningham, McMahon, Barrett, Brabenec, Kassay, Magnarelli, Buttenschon, Kay,
 Blankenbush, Wieder, Cruz, Giglio, Cook, Hawley, McDonald, Valdez, Dinowitz, Shimsky

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§4902 & 4903, Pub Health L; amd §§4902 & 4903, Ins L

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Relates to utilization review program standards; requires use of evidence-based and peer reviewed clinical review criteria; relates to prescription drug formulary changes and pre-authorization for certain health care services.

Go to top A03789 Actions:

BILL NOA03789 

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01/30/2025referred to insurance

05/28/2025reported referred to rules

06/09/2025amend and recommit to rules 3789a

01/07/2026referred to insurance

02/10/2026amend by restoring to original print 3789

05/20/2026reported referred to rules

Go to topA03789 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:INSURANCE Chair:Weprin 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:20/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules WeprinAyeBlankenbushNay

CookAyeHawleyAye

LavineExcusedPalmesanoNay

SteckAyeGandolfoNay

DilanAyeJensenNay

HunterAyeBlumencranzAye

JacobsonAyeBendettAye

MeeksAye

ForrestAye

AndersonAye

CruzAye

BoresAye

LunsfordAye

BergerAye

EichensteinAye

KayAye

YegerAye

WiederAye

Committee:INSURANCE Chair:Weprin 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:20/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules WeprinAyeBlankenbushAye

CookExcusedHawleyExcused

LavineAyeGandolfoNay

SteckAyeJensenNay

DilanAyeBlumencranzAye

HunterAyeBendettAye

BronsonAyeChludzinskiAye

ForrestAye

AndersonAye

CruzAye

BoresAye

LunsfordAye

BergerAye

EichensteinAye

KayAye

YegerAye

WiederAye

LeeExcused

Go to topA03789 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03789 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3789

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, WOERNER, TAYLOR, SANTABARBARA, COLTON,
 LUPARDO, STIRPE, EPSTEIN, PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, LAVINE, STECK,
 TANNOUSIS, ROSENTHAL, MEEKS, DAVILA, WILLIAMS, LUNSFORD, BORES, PIROZ-
 ZOLO, KELLES, R. CARROLL, SIMPSON, BENDETT, REYES, ANGELINO, SAYEGH,
 LEVENBERG, RAMOS, DiPIETRO, GALLAHAN, RAGA, HEVESI, CLARK, SHRESTHA,
 CUNNINGHAM, McMAHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
 to utilization review program standards and pre-authorization of
 health care services

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 4902 of the
 2 public health law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) Utilization of written clinical review criteria developed pursuant
 5 to a utilization review plan. Such clinical review criteria shall
 6 utilize recognized evidence-based and peer reviewed clinical review
 7 criteria that take into account the needs of a typical patient popu-
 8 lations and diagnoses;
 9 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 4903 of the public
 10 health law, as separately amended by section 13 of part YY and section 3
 11 of part KKK of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 12 follows:
 13 (a) A utilization review agent shall make a utilization review deter-
 14 mination involving health care services which require pre-authorization
 15 and provide notice of a determination to the enrollee or enrollee's
 16 designee and the enrollee's health care provider by telephone and in
 17 writing within [three business days] seventy-two hours of receipt of the
 18 necessary information, within twenty-four hours of the receipt of neces-
 19 sary information if the request is for an enrollee with a medical condi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law