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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 556: Requires coverage under medicaid and health insurance plans for treatment for smoking cessation

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

S 556 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires coverage under medicaid and health insurance plans for treatment for smoking cessation. Primary sponsor: Liz Krueger (Democratic/Working Families). 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 that medicaid and health insurance plans provide coverage for costs of prescription smoking cessation treatment that is ordered by a physician; establishes a coverage limit for each covered individual.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Liz KruegerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate28

“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