New York Assembly Bill 4945 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 27 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to insurance
Pending: Assembly Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for non-opioid treatments utilized for pain management including, but not limited to a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting upon the body's opioid receptors that has demonstrated the ability to replace, reduce, or avoid opioid use or the quantity of opioids prescribed; or an implantable, reusable, or disposable medical device for the intended use of managing or treating pain that has demonstrated the ability to replace, reduce, or avoid opioid use or the quantity of opioids prescribed.

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for non-opioid treatments utilized for pain management including, but not limited to a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting upon the body's opioid receptors that has demonstrated the ability to replace, reduce, or avoid opioid use or the quantity of opioids prescribed; or an implantable, reusable, or disposable medical device for the intended use of managing or treating pain that has demonstrated the ability to replace, reduce, or avoid opioid use or the quantity of opioids prescribed.

Asm. Phillip Steck [D]

Asm. Keith Brown [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Assembly	referred to insurance
2023-02-27	Assembly	referred to insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4945
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04945&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04945