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NY S 6168

in committee

Relates to coverage for single source drugs

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6168 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6168 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO INSURANCE

What is NY S 6168 about?

Provides that every insurance policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall insure that there is continuous coverage of a single source drug that is part of a prescribed therapy until such prescribed therapy is no longer medically necessary for the enrollee of such policy; defines "single source drug".

Who sponsors NY S 6168?

Kevin S. Parker is the primary sponsor of NY S 6168.

Description

Provides that every insurance policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall insure that there is continuous coverage of a single source drug that is part of a prescribed therapy until such prescribed therapy is no longer medically necessary for the enrollee of such policy; defines "single source drug".

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-06

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8105not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5901not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7344not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1287

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6168?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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