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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8849: Requires the department of health to facilitate the exchange of data between the state prescription drug program and electronic health records

Passed both chambers 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 8849 is a bill introduced in the New York House on June 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the department of health to facilitate the exchange of data between the state prescription drug program and electronic health records. Primary sponsor: John McDonald (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2026): RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY.

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.

Directs the commissioner of health shall promulgate regulations allowing for any electronic health records integration vendor to obtain state approval to facilitate interoperability between the prescription monitoring program registry and certified electronic health records systems that can connect with any national data sharing hub.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John McDonaldPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Pat CarrollCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse96
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Brian MaherCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse101
Amy PaulinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“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. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  2. PASSED SENATE
  3. 3RD READING CAL.813
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR S9401A
  5. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  6. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  7. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.365
  9. REPORTED
  10. PRINT NUMBER 8849B
  11. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  12. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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