---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeals provisions relating to prescription digital therapeutics"
description: "Repeals provisions relating to prescription digital therapeutics which are software-based disease treatments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 988"
citation: "New York A 988 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Rosenthal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6474b146-b68f-41be-969a-d38e8a938866"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A988"
source_hash: "75648d39c04b9d32298119bf404ea495823e96a742234a75de9e5707384be284"
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 A 988 (2023-2024) — Repeals provisions relating to prescription digital therapeutics

Repeals provisions relating to prescription digital therapeutics which are software-based disease treatments.

## Version chain

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

1. **A988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A988&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Rosenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED
- **2023-01-17** RULES REPORT CAL.14
- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.14
- **2023-01-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-01-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S856
- **2023-01-23** 3RD READING CAL.65
- **2023-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.39 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6474b146-b68f-41be-969a-d38e8a938866`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).