---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prescription drug formulary changes during a contract year; repealer"
description: "Prohibits health care plans that provide essential benefits under the Affordable Care Act from removing a prescription drug from a formulary or adding new or additional formulary restrictions from a formulary during a plan year; requires notice to policy holders of intent to remove a drug from a formulary; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7767"
citation: "New York S 7767 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f24d99-52a9-409e-8b5b-1479f2a14355"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7767"
source_hash: "9e181e5e14992f392138bd283a3468a21ccdda9b167e76120f0d6fe3eb104b8a"
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 7767 (2021-2022) — Relates to prescription drug formulary changes during a contract year; repealer

Prohibits health care plans that provide essential benefits under the Affordable Care Act from removing a prescription drug from a formulary or adding new or additional formulary restrictions from a formulary during a plan year; requires notice to policy holders of intent to remove a drug from a formulary; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions of law relating thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7767** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7767&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **53–9** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.140
- **2022-01-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-24** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8697
- **2022-01-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.301
- **2022-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.99 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7f24d99-52a9-409e-8b5b-1479f2a14355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).