Bill Commons

NY S 9497

substituted

Requires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drug

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9497 pass?

The current status of NY S 9497 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-06-01): SUBSTITUTED BY A1428

What is NY S 9497 about?

Requires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drug.

Who sponsors NY S 9497?

Nathalia Fernandez is the primary sponsor of NY S 9497.

Description

Requires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drug.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-06-01 — SUBSTITUTED BY A1428
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Nathalia Fernandezprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-18

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-20

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-06-01

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-06-01

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1489

  5. 2026-06-01

    SUBSTITUTED BY A1428

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Insurance Vote

    2026-04-20 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jake Ashby: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Pamela Helming: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes

  • Rules Vote

    2026-06-01 · pass · 16-4

    Member-level votes (21)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Michael Gianaris: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Liz Krueger: yes
    • Andrew J. Lanza: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
    • Joseph A. Griffo: yes
    • Pamela Helming: yes
    • Patrick M. Gallivan: no
    • Robert Ortt: no
    • Dan Stec: no
    • James Tedisco: no
    • Kevin S. Parker: excused

Related bills

  • substituted-by: A 1428
  • Prior session: A 10185not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1428

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9497?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 9497. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.