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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 1815: Requires health insurers to provide coverage for non-opioid treatments utilized for pain management

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 1815 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires health insurers to provide coverage for non-opioid treatments utilized for pain management. Primary sponsor: Phil Steck (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO INSURANCE.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for non-opioid treatments utilized for pain management including, but not limited to a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting upon the body's opioid receptors that has demonstrated the ability to replace, reduce, or avoid opioid use or the quantity of opioids prescribed; or an implantable, reusable, or disposable medical device for the intended use of managing or treating pain that has demonstrated the ability to replace, reduce, or avoid opioid use or the quantity of opioids prescribed.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Phil SteckPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO INSURANCE
  2. REFERRED TO INSURANCE

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source