---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the automatic identification of elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program participants who are eligible for HEAP"
description: "Relates to the automatic identification of elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program enrollees who are eligible for HEAP and automatic enrollment of such eligible enrollees in HEAP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9369"
citation: "New York A 9369 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6bc2e60-c213-49fb-b806-3029819b221a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9369"
source_hash: "2ed02ae4f0be72c8a15092fe9ea2c6b3b1e42bcaff21ecf71fdf40d8c9ea8096"
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 9369 (2023-2024) — Relates to the automatic identification of elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program participants who are eligible for HEAP

Relates to the automatic identification of elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program enrollees who are eligible for HEAP and automatic enrollment of such eligible enrollees in HEAP.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9369&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A9369A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A9369A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Sarahana Shrestha — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGING `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** PRINT NUMBER 9369A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** REPORTED
- **2024-05-28** RULES REPORT CAL.193
- **2024-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.193
- **2024-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-30** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8760A
- **2024-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1059
- **2024-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.633 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6bc2e60-c213-49fb-b806-3029819b221a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).