---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing a drug assistance demonstration program and authorizing emergency prescriptions"
description: "Establishes a drug assistance demonstration program and authorizes emergency prescriptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6492"
citation: "New York S 6492 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-06-13"
last_action: "2021-01-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/589014d7-6657-4b1d-9271-e9f1e6ed54d4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6492"
source_hash: "f9dda41833ed22492404f012967fdd90590dba4ff35c2064408af041ed2272b0"
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 6492 (2019-2020) — Relates to establishing a drug assistance demonstration program and authorizing emergency prescriptions

Establishes a drug assistance demonstration program and authorizes emergency prescriptions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6492&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6492A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6492A)
3. **S6492B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6492B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Finance Vote - Version: A — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1642
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-14** PRINT NUMBER 6492A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-28** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.555
- **2020-03-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-03-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-06-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6492B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8533B
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.314
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-30** SIGNED CHAP.388 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-30** APPROVAL MEMO.77

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/589014d7-6657-4b1d-9271-e9f1e6ed54d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).