Bill Commons

NY A 3973

in committee

Relates to prescription drug formulary coverage for interchangeable biologics and biosimilars

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 3973 pass?

Not yet. NY A 3973 is in committee as of 2026-05-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-07): ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.450

What is NY A 3973 about?

Relates to prescription drug formulary coverage for interchangeable biologics and biosimilars.

Who sponsors NY A 3973?

John T. McDonald III is the primary sponsor of NY A 3973, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to prescription drug formulary coverage for interchangeable biologics and biosimilars.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-07 — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.450
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • John T. McDonald IIIprimary
  • Jonathan Jacobsoncosponsor
  • Brian Manktelowcosponsor
  • Keith Browncosponsor
  • Steven Otiscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-06-02

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-06-02

    PRINT NUMBER 3973A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2025-06-08

    REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-06-09

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-05-05

    REPORTED

  8. 2026-05-07

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.450

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9055not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 3485

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A3973?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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