S5798 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Relates to access to prescription drugs for chronic weight management
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Health
- Introduced
- 2025-03-03
- Same as
- A10820
- Law section
- Social Services Law
Sponsors
- Luis R. Sepúlveda State Senator, District 32
Heard in committee
- Health NY State Senate committee