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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to aging |
May 10, 2011 |
held for consideration in aging |
Mar 03, 2011 |
referred to aging |
Assembly Bill A5976
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BURLING
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Marc Butler
Gary Finch
David McDonough
Peter Lopez
multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Alec Brook-Krasny
Nancy Calhoun
Robert Castelli
2011-A5976 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Aging
- Law Section:
- Elder Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง247, Eld L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
-
A6759
2011-A5976 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5976 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 3, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURLING, BUTLER, FINCH, McDONOUGH, P. LOPEZ, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CALHOUN, CASTEL- LI, CONTE, DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, JOHNS, JORDAN, KOLB, McKEVITT, MOLINARO, MONTESANO, PALMESANO, RAIA, SPANO, TEDISCO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to co-payments for covered drugs by certain participants in the program for elderly pharmaceu- tical insurance coverage THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 of section 247 of the elder law are amended to read as follows: (b) The point of sale co-payment amounts which are to be charged eligible program participants shall be in accordance with the following schedule: For each prescription of covered drugs costing $15.00 or less ..................................................... [$ 3.00] $2.50 For each prescription of covered drugs costing $15.01 to $35.00 ............................................... [$7.00] $5.00 For each prescription of covered drugs costing $35.01 to $55.00 .............................................. [$15.00] $7.50 For each prescription of covered drugs costing $55.01 or more ........................................................ [$20.00] $10.00 (a) Limits on co-payments by unmarried individual eligible program participants: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03416-01-1 A. 5976 2
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