---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prescribing insulin and related supplies"
description: "Relates to prescribing insulin and related supplies; establishes a workgroup to explore options to increase access to insulin for residents of the state without healthcare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4000"
citation: "New York S 4000 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a885fb6c-d265-40e2-9895-767e351e6fac"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4000"
source_hash: "10a54e35e51a7ec806a4f77906640b2e7a44dfe678b1d1dafae06af67c71d4d9"
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 4000 (2021-2022) — Relates to prescribing insulin and related supplies

Relates to prescribing insulin and related supplies; establishes a workgroup to explore options to increase access to insulin for residents of the state without healthcare.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4000** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4000&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.235
- **2021-02-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-09** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5460
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.327
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.134 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a885fb6c-d265-40e2-9895-767e351e6fac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).