New York S 5535: Requires insurers providing coverage of prescription drugs for opioid addiction, to provide coverage of such prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of substance abuse disorder

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S05535 Summary:

BILL NOS05535 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04875

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSRBAILEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, LIU, RIVERA, SALAZAR,
 SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §202-a, Exec L; add Art 9 Title 13 §2988, Pub Auth L; add Art 24-A §950, County L

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Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.

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BILL NOS05535 

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

03/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.533

03/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/13/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/02/2025PASSED SENATE

04/02/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/02/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

03/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.601

03/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/01/2026PASSED SENATE

04/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/01/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5535

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the public authorities law and the
 county law, in relation to enacting the "language access expansion
 act" and requiring certain documents and forms to be provided in
 multiple languages

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "language access expansion act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 202-a of the executive law, as added by
 4 section 1 of part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 5 read as follows:
 6 1. (a) Each state agency that provides direct public services in New
 7 York state shall translate all vital documents relevant to services
 8 offered by the agency, including essential public documents such as
 9 forms and instructions provided to or completed by program beneficiaries
 10 or participants, into at least the twelve most common non-English
 11 languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state,
 12 [based on the data in the most recent American Community Survey
 13 published by United States Census Bureau. Agencies subject to this
 14 section, in their discretion, may offer up to four additional languages
 15 beyond the twelve most common languages. Such additional languages
 16 shall be decided by the state agency in consultation with the office of
 17 general services and approved by the office of general services based on
 18 the number of limited-English proficient immigrants of five years or
 19 less in New York state in need of language translation services accord-
 20 ing to the American Community Survey, including the growth of recent
 21 arrival populations in the geographic regions in which the agency's
 22 services are offered, the population of limited-English proficient indi-
 23 viduals served by the agency, feedback from impacted community or advo-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01261-03-5

 S. 5535 2

 1 cacy groups, and any other relevant data published by the United States
 2 Census Bureau] including the most common non-English languages spoken by
 3 limited English proficient individuals who have arrived in the state
 4 within the last five years, based on aggregate data from the most recent
 5 decennial census, American community survey, and any additional sources
 6 that capture trends in language use and limited-English proficiency
 7 within immigrant and refugee populations.
 8 (b) Each agency shall additionally make such translations available
 9 within each region of the state, as established by article eleven of the