New York S 5798: Relates to access to prescription drugs for chronic weight management

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S05798 Summary:

BILL NOS05798 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10820

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §368-g, Soc Serv L

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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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BILL NOS05798 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5798

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 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.
 LBD08722-01-5

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