Assembly BillIntroduced
A 7365: Requires medical assistance coverage for medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy for the purpose of disease management.
What A 7365 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to expand medical assistance coverage in New York to include medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy for individuals with chronic conditions. These services, provided by certified dieticians or nutritionists, are ordered by healthcare professionals and aim to treat conditions that limit an individual's daily activities. The bill ensures federal financial participation in the costs of these services, making them more accessible to those in need. The expanded coverage is set to take effect 108 days after the bill becomes a law, with the Commissioner of Health implementing the necessary regulations to make it happen.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7365
- What is the current status of A 7365?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 7365 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 7365 pass?
- Not yet. A 7365 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7365, and where is it now?
- A 7365 was authored by Asm. Tony Simone. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Mar. 25, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 25, 2025 · 300 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7365 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medical assist- ance coverage for medically tailored meals and medical nutrition ther- apy for the purpose of disease management The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (nn) to read as follows: 3 (nn) medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy. As used 4 in this paragraph, "medically tailored meals and medical nutrition ther- 5 apy" means nutritional assessment, nutritional therapy, and nutritional 6 counseling provided by a certified dietician or certified nutritionist, 7 and the provision of any food indicated by such assessment, therapy or 8 counseling and, ordered by a health care professional acting within 9 their lawful scope of practice under title eight of the education law, 10 for the purpose of treating one or more chronic conditions for an indi- 11 vidual who is limited in their activities of daily living; and provided 12 that there is federal financial participation in the costs of services 13 provided under this paragraph. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 15 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of 16 health shall adopt regulations and take other actions reasonably neces- 17 sary to implement this act on that date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04026-03-5
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