---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibited practices of pharmacy benefit managers"
description: "Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from penalizing pharmacies for providing customers certain information relating to the costs of prescription medications and services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9040"
citation: "New York S 9040 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-11"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f96d9d34-f08f-4b45-9d6b-c1ac554810c4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9040"
source_hash: "fcb711caa6af03e6f7ad4a0d7f3af304993db6d9be694f526932e2beb4312511"
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 9040 (2023-2024) — Relates to prohibited practices of pharmacy benefit managers

Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from penalizing pharmacies for providing customers certain information relating to the costs of prescription medications and services.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9040&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. Gallivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-11** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1776
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9764
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.119
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.396 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f96d9d34-f08f-4b45-9d6b-c1ac554810c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).