republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-3159.md

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Bill	Prohibits unfair discrimination by insurers for individuals that use prescriptions to block the effects of opioids	Prohibits unfair discrimination by insurers for individuals that use prescriptions to block the effects of opioids.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 3159	New York S 3159 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	HARCKHAM	2	24	5	2019-02-04	2020-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/0ea325e3-9c30-4e2f-b9b2-5f64515d9db7	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3159	17537bb282580f16574268fa313fb7f041d00df557e9a3a78f93637c988603cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 3159 (2019-2020) — Prohibits unfair discrimination by insurers for individuals that use prescriptions to block the effects of opioids

Prohibits unfair discrimination by insurers for individuals that use prescriptions to block the effects of opioids.

Version chain

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

1. S3159 (committee substitute) — source
2. S3159A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: A — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• Insurance Vote - Version: A — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Insurance Vote - Version: A — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 139–2 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 61–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• HARCKHAM — primary (person)
• BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
• CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
• KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
• MARTINEZ — cosponsor (person)
• MAY — cosponsor (person)
• METZGER — cosponsor (person)
• PARKER — cosponsor (person)
• RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
• SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 REFERRED TO INSURANCE referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2019-03-20 PRINT NUMBER 3159A amendment-passage
• 2019-04-29 1ST REPORT CAL.464
• 2019-04-30 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2019-05-01 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2019-05-06 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2019-05-06 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2019-05-06 REFERRED TO INSURANCE referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 DIED IN ASSEMBLY
• 2020-01-08 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-01-08 REFERRED TO INSURANCE referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 1ST REPORT CAL.71
• 2020-01-14 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2020-01-15 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2020-02-04 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-02-04 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-02-04 REFERRED TO INSURANCE referral-committee
• 2020-07-20 SUBSTITUTED FOR A5952A
• 2020-07-20 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.163
• 2020-07-20 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-20 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-09-25 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-10-07 SIGNED CHAP.228 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ea325e3-9c30-4e2f-b9b2-5f64515d9db7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).