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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-1267.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires a utilization review agent to follow certain rules when establishing a step therapy protocol"
+description: "Requires a utilization review agent to follow certain rules when establishing a step therapy protocol; requires that the protocol accepts any attestation submitted by the insured's health care professional stating that a required drug has failed as prima facie evidence that the required drug has failed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 1267"
+citation: "New York S 1267 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Neil D. Breslin"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2024-12-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05cbdf44-2819-48e4-b7d9-9f560d89180d"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1267"
+source_hash: "f8d9b132db13e922297eeed3eec3b29163225f7fe7b3a33fcdd32bdeff59c764"
+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 1267 (2023-2024) — Requires a utilization review agent to follow certain rules when establishing a step therapy protocol
+
+Requires a utilization review agent to follow certain rules when establishing a step therapy protocol; requires that the protocol accepts any attestation submitted by the insured's health care professional stating that a required drug has failed as prima facie evidence that the required drug has failed.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S1267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1267&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S1267A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S1267A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–2** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **59–3** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Neil D. Breslin — primary (person)
+- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.85
+- **2023-01-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-01-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.92
+- **2024-01-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2024-01-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2024-01-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-01-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-30** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-15** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-05-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-05-15** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
+- **2024-05-15** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1267A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-21** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-05-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-05-21** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A901A
+- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.299
+- **2024-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.641 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.72
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05cbdf44-2819-48e4-b7d9-9f560d89180d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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