---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits certain insurance policies from requiring prior authorization for certain medications used in the treatment of substance use disorders; repealer"
description: "Prohibits certain insurance policies from requiring prior authorization for buprenorphine products, methadone and long acting injectable naltrexone for detoxification or maintenance treatment of substance use disorders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2904"
citation: "New York A 2904 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["QUART"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4dcf18a-5d25-413d-8169-14cbefddeb16"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2904"
source_hash: "fb762c465df8debce8c69eb91e1c417871f4845d3aaa1025d18aa56cfc3538fa"
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 2904 (2019-2020) — Prohibits certain insurance policies from requiring prior authorization for certain medications used in the treatment of substance use disorders; repealer

Prohibits certain insurance policies from requiring prior authorization for buprenorphine products, methadone and long acting injectable naltrexone for detoxification or maintenance treatment of substance use disorders.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2904&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- QUART — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** REPORTED
- **2019-03-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.152
- **2019-04-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-10** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4808
- **2019-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1142
- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-31** SIGNED CHAP.748 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4dcf18a-5d25-413d-8169-14cbefddeb16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).