NYSOA 2025 Legislative Priorities 

Support
Comprehensive Topicals Legislation (S.621 (Liu)/A.2202 (Paulin)) - Allows optometrists to use any topical pharmaceutical agents related to the treatment of the eye and adnexa.

Partnership Bill (S.3350 (Scarcella-Spanton)/A.2588 (Peoples-Stokes)) - Allows optometrists and other Title VIII professions to co-own practices with physicians.

Optometry Freedom Act (A.6615 (Bores)) - Prohibits an insurance carrier or vision plan restricting an optometrist's choice of supply.

Overpayment Recovery (S.5209 (Scarcella-Spanton)/A.3365 (Lavine)) – Reduces the overpayment recovery efforts by health plans from 24 months to 3 months.

Oppose
Health Care Professional Transparency Act (S.9214 (Stavisky)/A.10009 (Stirpe) of 2024) - Requires any advertisement for health care services and in any patient interaction a health care practitioner must identify the type of license held.

Concerns
Vision Impairment Specialists (S.247 (Persaud)/A.2190 (Lupardo)) - Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists.