A2715 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Requires Medicaid to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity including coverage for intensive behavioral therapy, bariatric surgery, and FDA-approved anti-obesity medication.
- Title
- Requires comprehensive Medicaid coverage for the treatment of obesity
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Health
- Introduced
- 2025-01-22
- Law section
- Social Services Law
Sponsors
- Karines Reyes Assembly Member, District 87
Co-sponsors
- Catalina Cruz Assembly Member, District 39
Heard in committee
- Health NY State Assembly committee