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NY A06615
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alex Bores
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Optometry Freedom Act" by adding a new section 3246 to the insurance law
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Prohibits contracts between insurance carriers or vision care plans and optometrists from restricting or limiting the optometrist's choice of sources and suppliers for services or materials
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Protects optometrists' ability to choose optical labs when providing covered materials to patients
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Defines covered materials to include lenses, frames, contact lenses, lens treatments and coatings, prisms, and prosthetic devices for eye conditions
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Enacts the optometry freedom act which prohibits a carrier or vision plan restricting an optometrist's choice of supply.
Last Action
referred to insurance
1/7/2026