Senate Bill S1879

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes cost of drugs available to consumer from health department by phone

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2009-S1879 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3333, Pub Health L

2009-S1879 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes the cost of prescription drugs available to consumer from health department by phone.

2009-S1879 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1879 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1879

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  furnishing  costs
  of drugs to consumers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 3333 of the public health law is amended by  adding
a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6.  EVERY  PHARMACY OPERATED BY A LICENSED PHARMACIST SHALL FURNISH TO
THE COMMISSIONER AT A TIME AND PLACE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION-
ER, BUT IN NO EVENT LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK, A LIST OF PRESCRIPTION  DRUGS
AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  SIXTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW
TOGETHER WITH THEIR CURRENT SELLING PRICE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTAB-
LISH A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND A WEBSITE WHERE  THE  CONTENTS  OF
SUCH LIST SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05283-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.