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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibits unfair discrimination by insurers for individuals that use prescriptions to block the effects of opioids"
+description: "Prohibits unfair discrimination by insurers for individuals that use prescriptions to block the effects of opioids."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 3159"
+citation: "New York S 3159 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2020-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea325e3-9c30-4e2f-b9b2-5f64515d9db7"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3159"
+source_hash: "17537bb282580f16574268fa313fb7f041d00df557e9a3a78f93637c988603cc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 3159 (2019-2020) — Prohibits unfair discrimination by insurers for individuals that use prescriptions to block the effects of opioids
+
+Prohibits unfair discrimination by insurers for individuals that use prescriptions to block the effects of opioids.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S3159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3159&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S3159A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3159A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Insurance Vote - Version: A — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Insurance Vote - Version: A — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- HARCKHAM — primary (person)
+- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
+- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
+- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
+- MARTINEZ — cosponsor (person)
+- MAY — cosponsor (person)
+- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
+- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
+- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
+- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-20** PRINT NUMBER 3159A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.464
+- **2019-04-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2019-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2019-05-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-05-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.71
+- **2020-01-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2020-01-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2020-02-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-02-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-02-04** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5952A
+- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.163
+- **2020-07-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-07-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.228 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ea325e3-9c30-4e2f-b9b2-5f64515d9db7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+