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S 2315: Prohibits insurance companies from imposing a co-pay pursuant to a follow up visit with a physician in order to receive a refill on an opioid drug prescription which was initially written for seven days or less.
What S 2315 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed legislation aims to protect individuals from unfair insurance practices by prohibiting insurance companies from imposing fees or co-pays for follow-up visits with a physician to receive a refill on an opioid prescription. The law would apply to policies covering opioid prescriptions, limiting the fee or co-pay to one visit or one refill after the initial appointment or prescription. This restriction would not apply to subsequent consultations for the same pain, allowing practitioners to issue new prescriptions as needed. The law would take effect on the 90th day after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO INSURANCE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 2315
- What is the current status of S 2315?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 2315 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 INSURANCE".
- Did S 2315 pass?
- Not yet. S 2315 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 2315, and where is it now?
- S 2315 was authored by Sen. Robert Ortt with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Insurance.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 297 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2315 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurance companies from imposing a co-pay pursuant to a follow up visit with a physician in order to receive a refill on an opioid drug prescription The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 40 to read as follows: 3 (40) Every policy which provides coverage for opioid drug 4 prescriptions shall not impose any fee, co-payment, co-insurance, deduc- 5 tible or other condition on any insured who requires a follow up 6 appointment to receive an additional opioid drug prescription or a 7 refill of an opioid drug prescription after an initial prescription for 8 such opioid drug prescription which was written for a period of seven 9 days or less. Such prohibition on any fee, co-payment, co-insurance, 10 deductible or other condition is limited to one visit or one refill 11 after the initial appointment or prescription. Upon any subsequent 12 consultation for the same pain, the practitioner may issue, in accord- 13 ance with this subsection, any appropriate renewal, refill, or new 14 prescription for the opioid or any other drug. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05407-01-5
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