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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 355: Provides for program eligibility for plans comparable to Medicare part D

Passed one chamber 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

S 355 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for program eligibility for plans comparable to Medicare part D. Primary sponsor: Gustavo Rivera (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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.

Relates to program eligibility for plans comparable to Medicare part D; provides for analysis of health plans by the department of health to determine whether such health plans meet or exceed the Medicare part D standard; requires the department of health, in consultation with the department of financial services, to notify prescription drug insurers of the provisions of this act.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 4 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gustavo RiveraPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  5. REFERRED TO AGING
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 355A
  9. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  10. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  11. 1ST REPORT CAL.743
  12. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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