S 493 — Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — sponsor · 2024-12-31
- George Borrello (—, NY-57) — cosponsor · 2024-12-31
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO HEALTH
- · senate — REFERRED TO HEALTH
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Prevent Opiate Abuse | lobbies_on_bill | — | ny_lobbying | |
| 2024-12-31 | George Borrello | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nathalia Fernandez | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
The full graph
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Lobbying
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Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 1 edge
- George Borrello · cosponsor · 2024-12-31
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Nathalia Fernandez · sponsor · 2024-12-31
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | George Borrello (—, state_upper NY-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by Prevent Opiate Abuse · ny_lobbying
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by George Borrello (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (sponsor) · sponsorship