State legislative activity

Recently, the governor signed the following bills of interest into law:

• Dispensing of controlled substances by emergency departments – Chapter 466 of the Laws of 2024
• Flu vaccine requirement – Chapter 492 of the Laws of 2024
• Medicaid coverage for prenatal testing – Chapter 474 of the Laws of 2024
• Information for maternity patients – Chapter 464 of the Laws of 2024
• Intravenous contrast media – Chapter 476 of the Laws of 2024
• Physician assistants – Chapter 520 of the Laws of 2024

The governor vetoed the following bills:

• Patient records – Veto No. 27
• Primary care practitioners for Medicaid managed care – Veto No. 52
• Hospital-home care-physician collaboration program – Veto No. 44

As 2024 comes to a close, we expect the governor to act on many bills of interest — you can track them with our regularly updated Significant State Legislation Tool.