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NY S 5399

in committee

Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of certain prescription drugs

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 5399 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5399 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY S 5399 about?

Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of the ten prescription drugs on which the state expends the most money and which have had certain costs increased by fifty percent or more over the past five years or by ten percent or more during the previous calendar year.

Who sponsors NY S 5399?

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is the primary sponsor of NY S 5399.

Description

Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of the ten prescription drugs on which the state expends the most money and which have had certain costs increased by fifty percent or more over the past five years or by ten percent or more during the previous calendar year.

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

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-21

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7922not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 741not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 8587not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2861not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 115

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https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5399?summary=&detail=

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